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Benin

Man in black suit and scarf sits in wooden chair

Curator Azu Nwagbogu on Restitution, Collaboration and African Feminism

When it comes to the morality of returning looted items, "there is no debate," he told Observer.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

D.C.’s National Gallery Is Sending a Brass Cockerel Back to Nigeria

The cockerel is believed to have been located at a shrine at the Queen Mother of Benin's palace.
By Helen Holmes

France Passes a Bill to Return Looted Art to Benin and Senegal Within a Year

The French Minister of Culture stopped short of admitting culpability, saying the bill 'is not an act of repentance, but an act of friendship and trust.'
By Helen Holmes

Returning Benin’s Stolen Artifacts Should Be Simple—Here’s What Stands in the Way

By Helen Holmes

David Adjaye to Design Benin Royal Museum, Housing Artifacts Stolen Under Colonialism

By Helen Holmes

Benin Plans to Open a Museum to Exhibit Art Looted by France

By Helen Holmes
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