In the last couple of years, many African countries have made strident efforts to retrieve artworks lost or looted from their domains by various merchants or colonial officials. Over the last month, Nigeria and Egypt have recorded notable successes in…
With pending return of Benin Bronzes, the Smithsonian approaches a more modern ethical standard
Since becoming king of the Benin kingdom in southern Nigeria, Eheneden Erediauwa has embarked on a vigorous campaign to retrieve many of the kingdom’s artworks, lost or looted from the royal palace over the past century and a half, and…