Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin

France seized the seat from the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century.

Objects looted during the colonial era have become a big topic of discussion in both Europe and Africa in recent years.

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Helsinki returned to Cotonou a three-footed seat without a file, more than a century after it was dispossessed by French colonial troops in the Dahomey kingdom of the time. This retrocession was an anchor in a global movement to return looted objects during colonization.

Finland returns stolen historic artefact to Benin

Finnish Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie officially handed over the Katakle -- a ceremonial royal stool from the

Helsinki officially restored to Benin the royal stool found by an article historian and a curator of the National Museum of Finland during a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace of the Marina in Cotonou on Tuesday, 13 May. Benin recovered on Tuesday 13 May a "kataklè", a tripod stool which constituted the 27th work of its royal treasure looted by French colonial troops at the end of the 19th century and which was in a museum in Finland. This…