Benin Bronze:Dispute Between Nigeria Leaders Jeopardise Return Of Artifacts
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artifacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from…