The new digital platform catalogs objects that were stolen from Benin Kingdom during the colonial era: Over 5,000 items across in 20 countries have been identified.
A long piece appeared in the Financial Times on Friday, November 4, 2022. Captioned “The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution,” it tried to put in context the importance of the Digital Benin initiative.
April 13 marks International Day of Provenance Research. Along with a new awareness of colonial crimes, the Gurlitt trove and Benin Bronzes cases have fostered change in Germany.