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Treasures looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897 are scattered between as many as 160 museums and institutions worldwide © Katherine Hardy
Germany set the stage for a global movement to restitute colonial loot with its March announcement that it plans to hand over the Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The return of the treasures which were looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897 from as many as 25 German museums is part of a bilateral deal that will also involve Germany in archaeological excavations and the construction of a new museum in Benin City.
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