This innovative documenntary looks at the transfer of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey from France to Benin, ...
An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly ...
Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelry repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on ...
But before they leave, the museum is explaining how these artifacts wound up in its collection ... sculptures stolen during a British raid on Benin City, Nigeria, in the late 1800s.
The Oba of Benin, Evwuare II has restated his commitment to work closely with the apex social cultural and political umbrella body of the Niger Delta region, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). The royal ...
after receiving a request for the artifacts from the Nigerian government. The pieces were looted from Benin City in southern Nigeria during a British military invasion in 1897, according to a ...