The Benin Bronzes, looted by the British colonists in 1897, have become a global symbol for the hundreds of thousands of cultural objects from Africa that European colonial powers illegally ...

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Among the first to pledge to restitute Benin bronzes to Nigeria, for instance, were the universities of Aberdeen and ...

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The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes, intricate art cast in bronze and ivory. This is a Benin bronze. It was cast by one of the Oba’s ...

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The Benin Bronzes are elaborate sculptures made from metals like bronze and brass, as well as ivory. Following the invasion of Benin, many of the Benin Bronzes were stolen by British soldiers and ...

I became interested in bronze when I was a graduate student, and I learned about the people of Benin in West Africa. They had cast bronze pieces in the 1700s and 1800s. Even with all the modern ...

Some demands are for the particular return of items taken with violence, such as the Benin Bronzes – thousands of plaques and other objects of cast brass, looted from the shrines of West African ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Militants ...

Elsewhere in Africa, Nigeria has requested the return of the Benin Bronzes, a group of sculptures including commemorative heads, items of royal regalia, and personal ornaments. They date as far ...