Nigeria is expected to receive over 100 Benin Bronze artifacts that were stolen during British imperialism, in an effort to redress the colonialism that robbed the country of much of its cultural ...

Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country's museum commission and the Dutch embassy said ...

Nigeria’s famed Benin bronzes — artefacts stolen during British colonial rule and scattered across the globe — have a new online archive that aims to become a digital record of the treasures.

Museums in London and Germany have returned or pledged to return the objects to Nigeria. The British Museum alone holds more than 900 objects from Benin, and National Museums Scotland has another 74.

The Benin Bronzes are indispensable to Nigeria. It is good that they are going back," Bruins said. The so-called Benin Bronzes were stolen from Nigeria's Kingdom of Benin by British soldiers in 1897.

The artifacts include 12 brass plaques that are part of a genre known as the “Benin bronzes.” These bronze sculptures were created from at least the 16th century to decorate the royal court in ...

Germany is set to sign an agreement with Nigeria that paves the way for the return of important sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the late 19th century.

The work once lived on an altar in Benin city, where it honored queen mothers. Court of Benin, Fowl, (mid 18th century). Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in a watershed moment, agreed in March to return its collection of 39 Benin Kingdom Court Style artworks to Nigeria — a move that could propel other American ...