A London Museum Is Returning Artefacts Stolen From Nigeria Better 125 Yrs Late Than Never

Professional pillagers AKA British museums have been facing heat for some time about the fact that most of their collections were stolen and looted from the countries they colonised. Now, one London museum will be returning its pilferage home to Nigeria. As it damn well should. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in south-east London has said it’ll return a collection of 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after they were looted during the colonial era. I say that like colonising was a thing of the past, but you get my drift. The museum agreed to return the artefacts after Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) formally asked for them — so it didn’t decide to partake in this transition all on its own. But it’s still good to see a British museum actually confronting its violent history. “The evidence is very clear that these objects were acquired through force, and external consultation supported our view that it is both moral and appropriate to return their ownership to Nigeria,” Chair of the museum’s board of trustees Eve Salomon 

These Benin sculptures were on display in the Linden Museum in Germany, but will be returned to Nigeria, bless. Source: Getty / Thomas Niedermueller

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