Britain refuses to return Benin Bronze artifacts to Nigeria Nigeria, a country with 230 million citizens, is the most ...

The sculptures were crafted in Nigeria in the 1500s and stolen by British troops 300 years later. In 2022, Oxbridge and Cambridge universities approved the return of more than 200 of their Benin ...

While today's Benin Bronze casters appreciate repatriation efforts, they say Nigeria's government is not investing enough in them. They fear if this continues, there won't be any more Benin Bronze ...

2022 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).