The planned auction of a 16th century mask stolen from Benin in modern day Nigeria is slowly helping to create awareness of the wider issue of stolen African artefacts. Prof. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, an art historian, is one of a few Africans who has for several years drawn attention to this issue. As controversial as the planned »
This picture shows members of the British Expeditionary Force posing with looted art from the palace of the Benin King, Nigeria. A few of these are back now, mostly on short loans from Britain. The vast majority are still in museums on foriegn lands and in peoples private collections. One such artifact is a 16th century Benin »
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