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Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

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Resource type
Newspaper Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas
Abstract
The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a decades-long restitution effort. What went wrong?
Publication
The Guardian
Date
2025-10-12
Section
News
ISSN
0261-3077
URL
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/12/restitution-row-how-nigerias-new-home-for-the-benin-bronzes-ended-up-with-clay-replicas
Accessed
13/10/2025, 17:16
Short Title
Restitution row
Language
English
Library Catalog
The Guardian
License
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Extra
Nigeria
Citation
Oltermann, P., & Egbejule, E. (2025, October 12). Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/12/restitution-row-how-nigerias-new-home-for-the-benin-bronzes-ended-up-with-clay-replicas
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https://rightsandrecords.ica.org/bib/P53PTDM7