On the bustling streets of Nigeria's Benin City, residents cannot wait to get their Bronzes back - for them their return symbolises reparations for some of the wrongs committed by British troops ...

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...

It will be history. A young boy, Ibi, tells us how they are made using the 'lost wax' process, and why bronze was so important at the time. The people of Benin traded as far away as India and ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

The Headlines PETITION TO BLOCK BRONZE RETURN DISMISSED. The US Supreme Court has denied a petition to block the Smithsonian ...

Olugbile Holloway has called for reimagining museums by incorporating Indigenous narratives and fostering cultural immersion to preserve heritage.

Some of the 313 manillas excavated by the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi from a Flemish trader lost in 1524 off Getaria in Basque Country, northern Spain. The ship was chartered by Portuguese ...

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 ...