The Horniman museum in London is handing back 72 Benin bronzes to the Nigerian government. The artefacts were looted from West Africa by British soldiers in 1897 - as kemenzerem reports.
Today marks a new chapter in the history of the Benin bronzes – cultural artefacts looted from West Africa by British soldiers in 1897.
London’s Horniman museum has now signed over 72 of the bronzes, after consulting a wide range of people from museum members to the Nigerian community. It’s all part of a growing acceptance across many of the world’s major museums that objects stolen during European colonial expansion should be returned.
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