The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It becomes the first European nation to do so after Germany. The majority ...

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 ...

Queen Mother Delois Blakely (African American), Harlem Ambassador to the UN & Antonio Isuperio, (Brazilian) New York Architect and Human Rights Advocate Restitution Study Group, delivered ...

“Most of the narratives and discussions on the Benin Bronze in the foreign press are largely negative and misinformation on what the repatriation of the bronze means to Nigerians and the ...

Here’s how it works. The Benin Bronzes — some roughly 3,000 stunning bronze artworks sculpted by African metalsmiths between the 16th and 19th centuries — were crafted from metal mined from ...

These days, even those who argue against restitution of, say, the Parthenon marbles or Benin Bronzes – which were both in the ... the surviving torso was then given a bronze head, hands, and feet in ...

and they scooped up thousands of sculptures made not only of bronze but also of brass, ivory and other materials for the royal court of the Oba, or king. The Benin Bronzes ended up dispersed among ...

Germany is in the process of returning hundreds of Benin Bronze artefacts to Nigeria, where a new museum is being built in Benin City to house artefacts. Many of the artefacts were originally ...

“This in itself presents a radical departure as the Benin bronze collections have not been viewed in a centralized location since their violent removal.” The database was built by a ...

Star Fling and Benin Bronze worked well when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Oct. 27). Outer sand: 800m: Asgarda (rb) 56.5, 600/43. Handy. Way To Go (rb) 1-2.5, 600/47.