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Netherlands returns 119 Benin bronzes, redressing 1897 British expedition looting

In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over colonial-era acquisitions.

The Boston Globe · 1d

The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times

The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers from what is now Nigeria.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Netherlands to Return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

"The Netherlands is returning the Benin Bronzes unconditionally, recognising that the objects were looted during the British attack on Benin City in 1897, and should have never en

Pulse Nigeria on MSN · 18h

Nigeria to receive single-largest antiquities return of 119 Benin Bronzes from Netherlands

The European country made this known in a statement by its embassy in Abuja on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The valuable artefacts were looted during the British invasion and ended up in a museum in the Netherlands,

Nigerian Tribune on MSN · 1d

Nigeria to receive stolen Benin bronzes from Netherlands in June

National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), on Monday, said Nigeria will be receiving some expatriated Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands in June.Mr Olugbile Holloway, Director-General of NCMM,

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Colonial amnesia: Why West Africa remembers differently

The legacy of colonialism is a deeply complex and often painful subject, evoking different emotions and memories depending on ...

Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of Cypriot internment camps' closure

Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted her family to leave one ...

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Coldplay's Chris Martin thanks Mumbai fans for 'forgiving us' over British colonialism

During a concert in India, Coldplay singer Chris Martin thanked fans for "forgiving us for all of the bad things Great Britain has done." ...

Washington Times25d

Australians celebrate and protest the anniversary of British colonization

Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain claiming the entire country without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Thanks Fans at Mumbai Show For ‘Forgiving’ British Colonialism in India

Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanked his Indian audience on Saturday (Jan. 18) for “forgiving” British colonialism, as the band’s Music Of The Spheres dates kicked off in Mumbai. The band ...

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