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For years, the head of a queen sat in storage in a building in Berlin. Her face is smooth, but her head is intricately engraved and topped with a crown befitting a
lyoba a matriarch figure from the Kingdom of Benin, in present day Nigeria.
Carved in the early 16
th century, it is one of more than a thousand metal sculptures looted by British soldiers as they plundered Benin City in 1897. In the century since, the so-called Benin Bronzes have been bought and sold by museums and private collectors across Europe and North America, and today they are among the most coveted African artifacts in the world.
TODAY
January 28, 2021
The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has appointed German firm ABG Paulas International as its Consultant in the Diaspora to boost food security.
The appointment followed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the two parties yesterday in Abuja.
ARCN Executive Secretary, Prof Garba Sharabutu and the Director Administration ARCN, Dr Edeki Enesi, signed for the Council, while the Managing Director of ABG Paulas, Mr Ambrose Okojie, and the Executive Director of the international organisation, Chief Charles Ozoemena, signed for the Nigerian-German-based firm.
In his address in Abuja, Prof Sharabutu explained that the appointment of ABG Paulas was in sync with some of the mandates of the Council, which authorised ARCN to seek international collaborators in sourcing for funding and international relationships that can advance research in agriculture and achieve food security for the country.
In Germany, a new museum stirs up a colonial controversy Jacob Kushner © Photograph by Sean Gallup, Getty
Restorer Roxane Julie von der Beek repairs a drum from Mali at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, one of several German museums moving their collections to the new Humboldt Forum.
For years, the head of a queen sat in storage in a building in Berlin. Her face is smooth, but her head is intricately engraved and topped with a crown befitting a
lyoba a matriarch figure from the Kingdom of Benin, in present day Nigeria.
Carved in the early 16
th century, it is one of more than a thousand metal sculptures looted by British soldiers as they plundered Benin City in 1897. In the century since, the so-called Benin Bronzes have been bought and sold by museums and private collectors across Europe and North America, and today they are among the most coveted African artifacts in the world.
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