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Posts Tagged ‘stolen benin mask’

Dec 24

Benin Ivory Mask: Who Owns African Cultural Patrimony?

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 »

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