Tomorrow, Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology was suppose to return 116 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. But the Museum is now having second thoughts, reports Mike Wells in the Daily Sceptic.
Germany returned its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria last December on the understanding they’d be housed in a new museum in Benin. Instead, the Nigerian President has decided to give them to the king of Benin.
The President of Nigeria has transferred the Benin bronzes to the King of Benin as his personal property, despite him being heir to those who made them from the money which bought their slaves and a complete lack of standards.
Loudly though it demands restitution of ancient artefacts from Western museums, the Nigerian Government seems less concerned about the Benin Bronzes which it already owns. Where exactly are they?
