Two universities became the first institutions in the U.K. to restitute Benin bronzes to Nigeria this week. Jesus College at the University of Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen each staged ...

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

Ever since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, cultural institutions in Britain have been falling over themselves to ...

It took more than a century but they are finally home. The Netherlands have returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British colonial troops. This shipment is ...

Repatriation negotiations between the two nations have been taking place over the past year. Henriette Reker (right), Lord Mayor of Cologne, symbolically hands over a bronze key from the Kingdom of ...

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 Germany's Rhineland region, a ...

The opening of the multi-million-dollar Museum of West African Arts has been delayed due to protests. Early plans saw it as the home of the restituted Benin Bronzes. What happened since?Uncertainty ...

Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin; "Head of a prince (Oba)" (1600-1750), Benin; "Statue of a leopard" (c. 19th century), Benin; and "19th Century Staff with 'bird of prophecy'" ...

LONDON — After years of ignored pleas and stonewalled requests, deals were finally coming together to return some of Africa’s most prized treasures to the continent. The Smithsonian Institution, the ...

LONDON — A museum in southeast London agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come ...