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BBCNEWS Newsday October 28, 2021 00:24:00

it's a real connection with the past. it's a spiritual object, and this is actually a royal heirloom. during the 1897 benin expedition, this artefact, known as 0kukor, was one of hundreds taken by british troops in the kingdom of benin, which is now southern nigeria. it was then gifted by george william neville, a former british army officer tojesus college in 1905. fast—forward to 2016, students led a campaign arguing the statue needed to be returned to the community from which it was stolen. in 2019, the college agreed for it to be returned. here in cambridge, how significant is it for this institution to do what they're doing today? well, very excited today to be in cambridge, but alsojesus college, because it is part of our history, part of our identity, which has been cut away for many decades. and i will be happy to see it...

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