LONDON (Reuters) - London's Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government. Created from brass and bronze in the once mighty Kingdom of Benin ...
Buhari pledged that the government would vigorously pursue the repatriation of the Nigerian artifacts, urging other countries to take a cue from the institutions which recently returned the Benin bronzes. "The government would ensure that they are put to good and proper use on their return in muse...
Editor's Note, April 30, 2021:In an unprecedented turn of events, Germany has pledged to repatriate the thousands of Benin Bronzes housed in its museum collections as early as next year, reports Kate Brown forArtnet News.The announcement arrives amid a renewed push to return ...
places the u.s. government warns not to travel right now last year, germany announced its intention to return benin bronzes to nigeria and apologised for its role in the slaughter of herero and nama tribespeople in namibia more than a century ago. but its museums still host many of famous ...
DUBNER: So you’re saying that there’s a glut of Benin bronzes returning to Nigeria now? ALLAN: Well, I don’t think they describe it as a glut. It’s just they haven’t quite got the infrastructure in place. DUBNER: And so in the case of the Glasgow Museums, it sounds as tho...
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The Vatican Museums are mentioned in the 2020 book “The Brutish Museums,” which recounts the sacking of the Royal Court of Benin City by British forces in 1897 and the subsequent dispersal in museums and collections around the globe of its famed Benin Bronzes. ...
This route is the road completed with the opening of the Grand Canal that was opened by the Sui dynasty Emperor Yang-di. This way was a favorite ... Kim,Bok-soon - THE KYOUNG-JU SA HAK 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Road map agreed to return Benin bronzes on loan The article reports that...
Buhari pledged that the government would vigorously pursue the repatriation of the Nigerian artifacts, urging other countries to take a cue from the institutions which recently returned the Benin bronzes. "The government would ensure that they are put to good and proper use on their return in muse...