We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a list of issues in advance of the full review of ...

We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a ...

Nigerian rapper, activist, and cultural advocate Great Okogun has issued a powerful call for justice and restitution during a ...

Tendai Ruben Mbofana There has been a growing chorus among African leaders and pan-African institutions, such as the ...

The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, led a high-level delegation to a ...

French MPs have unanimously adopted legislation allowing Paris to return to Cote d'Ivoire the Djidji Ayôkwé talking drum, which colonial troops seized from the Ebrié tribe in 1916.

- Germany: agrees to return Bronzes - The German government agreed in 2022 to hand 1,100 Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria. The first 22 were sent back in December 2022. - Netherlands too - ...

The Benin Bronzes, made between the 15th and 19th centuries, include ornaments, jewellery and masks, many of which decorated the royal palace of the old Benin Kingdom, now part of Nigeria.

Leaders from the Museum of Fine Arts presented the historic pieces, looted in a 19th-century raid, to Nigerian officials in New York.

Netherlands Returns 119 Ancient Benin Bronzes to Nigeria The Netherlands officially returned 119 ancient sculptures stolen over 120 years ago from the former Kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria.

The Benin Bronzes were returned at the request of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The restitution is a testament to the power of prayer and determination, the monarch said.