If these artefacts were actually stolen, why are some Western institutions still reluctant to return them? In February 1897, British forces invaded the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day ...

The mask was worn by a dancer in the Ododua ceremony to celebrate the founding of Benin. There has been a growing call from people of Nigeria for artefacts held in museums around the world to be ...

Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Monday, received two artefacts, a mother hen and a bronze plaque, from the University of Iowa Museum, United States of America. Cory Gundlach, a curator from the ...

On 19 February 2025, a significant moment in history unfolded in Leiden, Netherlands. A signing ceremony confirmed the ...

The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers from what is now Nigeria. They will be returned at the ...

Ripped out. The spoils of massive plundering." The sculpture is one of 26 artefacts returning to their homeland in present-day Benin after decades in a Parisian museum. These artefacts are "royal ...