But Benin’s citizenship law carries added significance, in part because of the role it played in the slave trade as one of the main points of departure. European merchants deported an estimated ...

Benin is not the first country to grant citizenship to descendants of slaves. Earlier this month, Ghana naturalized 524 African Americans after the West African country’s president, Nana Akufo ...

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. They were donated to the MFA in ...

The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the Kingdom of Benin. The donor asked they be returned to him instead.

Some members of the Benin community in New York were also present to witness this return. The MFA Boston closed its Benin Kingdom Gallery in April.

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead.

The Benin Kingdom collection at the MFA. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Relief plaque showing two officials with raised swords, c. 1530‑1570. Royal Bronze‑casting Guild (Igun Eronmwon). Copper alloy.

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...