The story of Nigeria's stolen Benin Bronzes, and the London museum returning them

With London’s Horniman Museum announcing it’ll hand over ownership of its 72 bronzes to Nigeria, home to Benin City, which the British looted in 1897, the floodgates for a tide of repatriations are now well and truly open.

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