This, of course, in contrast with the country’s national museums, which have declined to repatriate the art. Evidently, the regionals have more flexibility in such decisions. “On Thursday, the University of Aberdeen confirmed it would repatriate a bust of an Oba, or king of Benin, which it has had since the 1950s, ‘within weeks’, a landmark move for a British institution. – The Guardian

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