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German FM to personally return 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

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Germany’s foreign minister will personally take 20 artifacts looted by Europeans during colonial times back to Nigeria when she visits Africa’s most populous country next week. The symbolic gesture follows

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  1. New York Times

    How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back (opens New York Times)

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    A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items looted during the colonial era.

  2. Washington Post

    Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its 'dark past' (opens Washington Post)

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    Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to Nigeria as part of efforts to address what its foreign minister called its “dark colonial past.”

  3. The Guardian

    Germany returns 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria – amid frustration at Britain (opens The Guardian)

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    Artifacts looted in 19th century by UK soldiers and sold on, with many more still held by the British Museum

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Germany returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A "historic" repatriation ceremony in the Nigerian capital attended by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock saw 22 stolen Benin Bronzes transferred to their original owners.

  5. France 24

    Germany hands back looted artefacts to Nigeria (opens France 24)

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    Germany handed back more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to "right a wrong" more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Germany returns 20 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, noting ‘dark past’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    More than 5,000 ancient artefacts are estimated to have been looted from Nigeria by coloniser England.

  7. NPR

    Germany returns looted artifacts to Nigeria to rectify a 'dark colonial history' (opens NPR)

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    This week's handover is Germany's first step in fulfilling its agreement with Nigeria to release all 1,130 Benin Bronzes from German museums.

  8. Washington Post

    Germany returns bronzes looted by British colonial forces to Nigeria (opens Washington Post)

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    The Benin bronzes were taken by British troops in 1897 and kept in German museums. "It was very wrong to keep them,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    German FM to personally return 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Germany’s foreign minister will personally take 20 artifacts looted by Europeans during colonial times back to Nigeria when she visits Africa’s most populous country next week. The symbolic gesture follows

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