Germany has handed over 20 “Benin Bronzes” from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, December 20th. Earlier this year, Germany signed a declaration with Nigeria to release all 1,130 “Benin Bronzes”.
The term “Benin Bronze” refers to thousands of metal sculptures, plaques and carvings made between the 15th and 19th centuries and looted by British troops in 1897 from the West African Kingdom of Benin, in modern-day Nigeria’s Edo State.
We hope Nigeria will take proper care of them.