The Return Of Benin Bronze Artifacts
Published on: Saturday 24 December 2022
In many of these places, these looted Benin artifacts are brazenly displayed, without any feeling of remorse. During the preparations for FESTAC in the mid- 1970s when Nigeria chose one of the iconic images of Benin art, the Mask, to serve as a mascot, then with the British Museum, the British were reluctant to release it to us. It was only after protracted negotiations that it was released. And to add salt to injury, the Mask was only released...
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/the-return-of-benin-bronze-artifacts/ar-AA15E4ji
