T he return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the British Punitive Expedition, which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria).

It will be history. A young boy, Ibi, tells us how they are made using the 'lost wax' process, and why bronze was so important at the time. The people of Benin traded as far away as India and ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

These are often called 'Benin Bronzes', however most are actually made of brass rather than bronze. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. I’d like to show you around the Benin civilisation.

March 28, 2021 Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via Wikimedia Commons Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via ...

It is the latest example of a country announcing that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the British as part of a punitive expedition in 1897 ...