{"id":59487,"date":"2022-12-26T03:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=59487"},"modified":"2022-12-26T03:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T03:42:58","slug":"germany-hands-over-20-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria-in-major-art-restitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=59487","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Germany hands over 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in major art restitution<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>German officials have handed over 20 artifacts known as Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking a major restitution of art that could lead to further restitution by other countries. Photos courtesy of Claudia Obrocki, Martin Franken\/Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec. 23 (UPI) \u2014&nbsp;German officials have handed over 20 artifacts known as Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking a major restitution of art that could lead to further restitution by other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restitution of the artifacts was announced in a news release by the German Foreign Office, which returned the historic objects in a ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kingdom of Benin, which has no connection to the modern country of Benin, is now the Edo state in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Benin Bronzes were largely looted by the British colonial military forces during a punitive campaign against Benin City in 1897, led by British Navy forces and members of the Niger Coast Protectorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Britain\u2019s Foreign Office acquired hundreds of the works after the raid and gave them to the British Museum, which now has more than 900 of them alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Germain Foreign Office, around 1,100 of more than 5,000 known Benin Bronzes are in the possession of German museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement in July to transfer the ownership of all of the artifacts in German collections to the African nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot all bronzes in the collections of German museums will return to Nigeria immediately,\u201d the German Foreign Office said in a statement in July after the agreement was signed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian side has declared its willingness to leave some artifacts here on loan, so that they can continue to be exhibited in Germany. This is a very special gesture of trust and of amity between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The German agreement comes after the launch of a highly anticipated database called Digital Benin, a catalog of 5,246 historic Benin objects currently held in 131 institutions across 20 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some world leaders have already made moves to provide restitution to Nigeria and other African nations for the looted art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech in Burkina Faso that he wanted, within five years, to meet conditions \u201cfor the temporary or permanent restitution of African heritage to Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI cannot accept that a large part of cultural heritage from several African countries is in France,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some in the United States have called the transfer of Benin Bronzes held by the Smithsonian to Nigeria \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the Benin Bronzes, Western art institutions and governments have recently increased their efforts to repatriate works taken or looted from other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British Museum is in advanced stages of talks to return the contested Parthenon marbles in its collection to Greece, which would end a decades-long dispute between the two nations, it was reported earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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