For many centuries, historical and cultural narratives around the Benin Kingdom have been a subject of fascination for historians, and the world at large. Before colonial times, the Benin Kingdom was the envy of all other empires in West Africa…
Benin prince calls for Bristol Museum to return stolen sculpture
A prince of Benin has called on a British museum to “blaze the trail” in returning one of thousands of artefacts looted during the colonial era. The sculpture, currently at Bristol Museum, is one of the “Benin Bronzes”, taken…