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Behind the Benin Bronzes

Why they are being returned—and who gets them ARTS | AGENCIES | In the largest restitution of its kind, the Netherlands recently returned 119 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government—part of a growing international reckoning with the colonial-era looting of African cultural heritage. A week later, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, transferred two additional Benin works to the Oba of Benin. It is notable that the MFA’s artifacts were not restitute…
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The Independent Uganda: broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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