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Benin Bronzes
The history behind Africa’s most famous Benin Bronzes
The United Kingdom’s Horniman Museum has served notice it will hand over 72 of Africa’s most famous artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British soldiers in the 19th century to the Nigerian government. The Chair of Trustees of Horniman Museums and Gardens, Eve Salomon, in a release issued,…
