Deutschland gibt Nigeria die Benin Bronzen zurück infographic
Grafik zeigt Fakten zu den Benin Bronzen und eine Landkarte des Königreichs von Benin.
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Deutschland gibt Nigeria die Benin Bronzen zurück

By Jordi Bou

July 1, 2022 - Deutschland hat zugestimmt, rund 1.100 unschätzbar wertvolle Artefakten an Nigeria zurückzugeben, mehr als ein Jahrhunder nachdem sie von britischen Soldaten aus dem früher mächtigen Königreich gestohlen wurden.

The Benin Bronzes were stolen by a British colonial expedition from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin – present-day Nigeria – in 1897.

Following auctions at the start of the 20th century, bronzes ended up in museums and private collections in Europe and North America.

The political agreement with immediate effect turns into Nigerian property 1,100 artefacts held by the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Berlin’s Humboldt Forum, the Cologne Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Hamburg’s Museum of World Cultures and the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony.

The Benin bronzes could in the future be held at the Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Benin City, designed by the Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye.

Hundreds of pieces are still held in the British Museum, which has come under increasing pressure to return them in the wake of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests.

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PUBLISHED: 01/07/2022; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki; Adjaye Associates
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