Sculptures looted by British soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 hangs on display in Germany, 2021. Mati Diop's documentary film Dahomey, which premiered last year, tracks the return of 26 ...

A new generation of young Africans is adding to the pressure on Western museums to return stolen artefacts, Ernesto Ottone, deputy director general of the UN's cultural agency, told AFP on Monday.

When the Ottomans finally closed the land routes to the rich markets of the East, the Europeans, desperate to continue with ...

The British Museum was partially closed over the weekend after an ex-employee allegedly shut down its security and IT systems ...

In 1897, a group of British officials tried to visit Benin to depose the Oba, although they claimed that they merely wanted to open up trade. The people of Benin had been forewarned of the true ...

The British Museum is facing an "omni-crisis" as it launches a £150,000 rebrand project following a series of controversies ...

Starting in the medieval period, a series of powerful kingdoms developed in West Africa. These West African kingdoms and empires developed their own diverse and rich cultures, art, histories and ...

looted by British troops as they razed the royal palace of Benin in 1897. World War II, which bankrupted Britain despite its victory, spelled the beginning of the end for British imperium. India ...

A Swedish academic, Staffan Lunden, has convincingly argued that Hicks is guilty of ‘distortion’ when writing about the British raid on Benin in 1897, which brought several thousand objects, including ...

The artefact was among the 3,000 'Benin Bronzes' looted during the destruction of Benin City in 1897. The items were taken as spoils to pay for a naval expedition raised to avenge the deaths of nine ...