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Why Are African Artifacts Everywhere but Africa? - MSN
Imagine making a new friend, and upon walking into their home, you notice something strange; their home is riddled with your family’s photos and heirlooms that have been passed down for generations.
The artifacts at the heart of “Relooted” are real and “are of huge cultural, historical, and spiritual significance to the ...
British soldiers stole thousands of Benin Bronzes, priceless artifacts made of brass, wood, or ivory, in a raid in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria.
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Nigeria receives 100+ Benin Bronze artifacts a century later - MSN
Nigeria is expected to receive over 100 Benin Bronze artifacts that were stolen during British imperialism, in an effort to redress the colonialism that robbed the country of much of its cultural ...
The artifacts were taken from the Kingdom of Benin — in what is now Southwestern Nigeria, not to be confused with the nation of Benin — more than 120 years ago.
U.S. museums, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, returned a total of 31 Benin bronzes to the Nigerian government on Tuesday.
Nigerian historians and government officials are trying to stop the auction of several artifacts from the country. The artifacts featured in auction house Christie’s collection “Arts of Africa ...
A British museum will return 72 artifacts to the Nigerian government that were forcibly taken over a hundred years ago. The Horniman Museum and Gardens agreed to hand over the artifacts, including ...
A Nigerian commission has called for the cancellation of an auction of sacred Nigerian statues in Paris, alleging the artifacts were stolen. Christie’s auction house has defended the sale ...
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