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Not To Go All ‘Black Panther,’ But Is The British Museum Ever Going To Return Its Loot?

ISSUES Posted: December 23, 2018 6:30 am

Nigeria, among others, would really like to know. “In 1897, British troops stole some 4,000 sculptures after invading the Kingdom of Benin (now southwestern Nigeria). Over a century later, surviving bronzes are on display at museums in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and the United States, but not in Nigeria, their country of origin.” – History

ISSUES Published: 12.21.18

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