German museums agree to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
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A consortium of German museums has agreed to begin their holdings of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The Bronzes (which are in fact made of a variety of materials, including bronze, ivory, and wood), were looted during the sack of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now Nigeria in 1897, and subsequently found their way into private and museum collections around the world. Nigeria has been trying to secure the return of these artifacts for several decades, but museums and governments in western nations have been resilient to these attempts, claiming that the Bronzes would not be properly looked after in Nigeria. However, in the past decade high profile campaigns by Nigerian emigres in Europe and North America have raised awareness of the issue, and a purpose-build museum has been constructed in Benin to house returned artworks, the Edo Museum of West African Art, making it harder to justify the retention of the Bronzes in western museums, where they are often not on public display.
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