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The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. Eko Hot Blog reports that the objects, known as...
The first two artworks — the head of a king and a plaque depicting three warriors — were on Friday handed over to representatives from Nigeria ...
Thousands of sculptures and carvings were removed during the destruction of Benin City in present-day Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that less than 24 hours after...
The bronze was taken from the kingdom of Benin — now part of Nigeria — in 1897 when Britain had a foothold on the African continent...
British soldiers had seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria, in 1897. A former lawmaker who...
British soldiers had seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria, in 1897. The University of Aberdeen...