This is not a simple documentary about the repatriation of precious artefacts. Director Mati Diop literally gives her country ...

Nigeria's long-running effort to repatriate the Benin Bronzes-some of the most prized artifacts in African history-has taken ...

The Netherlands agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers. This ...

The Netherlands has agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with their colonial-era holdings ...

The hundreds of Benin Bronzes make up one of the most notorious and ongoing disputes over looted art during colonial ...

Some countries have made efforts to return looted Benin artifacts, but these returns have often been partial and incomplete. For instance, Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes in December 2022 but ...

The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British soldiers and ...

The Netherlands has joined a growing list of European nations returning culturally significant artifacts to Africa; it has ...

The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers from what is now Nigeria. They will be returned at the ...