Two universities became the first institutions in the U.K. to restitute Benin bronzes to Nigeria this week. Jesus College at the University of Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen each staged ...

Nigerian-born artist Victor Ehikhamenor has unveiled a new artwork at St. Paul’s cathedral in London to mark the 125th anniversary of British forces’ notorious attack on the Kingdom of Benin and the ...

It took more than a century but they are finally home. The Netherlands have returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British colonial troops. This shipment is ...

The Benin Bronzes — some roughly 3,000 stunning bronze artworks sculpted by African metalsmiths between the 16th and 19th centuries — were crafted from metal mined from Germany's Rhineland region, a ...

The opening of the multi-million-dollar Museum of West African Arts has been delayed due to protests. Early plans saw it as the home of the restituted Benin Bronzes. What happened since?Uncertainty ...

Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin; "Head of a prince (Oba)" (1600-1750), Benin; "Statue of a leopard" (c. 19th century), Benin; and "19th Century Staff with 'bird of prophecy'" ...

More than a century after being looted from Nigeria, a set of Benin bronzes are going home. The Benin bronzes — beautiful pieces of art and brutal testimonies of colonial history — are a collection of ...

He has five wives, a $500,000 Rolls Royce — and is trying to get back $30 billion in artworks stolen from his ancestors 135 years ago, including some of the Met Museum’s most precious works. Oba ...

LONDON — A museum in southeast London agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come ...

LONDON — After years of ignored pleas and stonewalled requests, deals were finally coming together to return some of Africa’s most prized treasures to the continent. The Smithsonian Institution, the ...