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The German government has said it will return Benin bronzes in its public collections, including this Queen Head from the Ethnological Museum in Berlin VPC Travel Photo/Alamy Stock Photo
Museums around the world are planning to return Benin bronzes looted by the British in a military raid more than 120 years ago. Their contact person in Nigeria Phillip Ihenacho, the director of the Legacy Restoration Trust (LRT) says he is “surprised at how willing museums are to have the discussion about restitution and feel that it is urgent”.
The LRT was set up by Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the Edo State government and the royal court of Benin to plan and build the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City. Its main priority, Ihenacho tells