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 »