"Western commentators must hold their disappointment at the recognition of the Oba's rights (to the Benin artefacts) within normal limits of respect and decency," writes Dr. Kwame Opoku in Modern Ghana. #beninbronzes #nigeria #benin https://www.modernghana.com/news/1227999/does-affirmation-of-the-rights-of-the-oba-in-benin.html

Benin bronzes made from brass mined in west Germany, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/benin-bronzes-made-from-brass-mined-in-west-germany-study-finds

"The Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin, modern Nigeria, created their extraordinary sculptures with melted down brass manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the transatlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries."

#Slavery #BeninBronzes

Womp womp.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7ze5n/dealers-say-theyre-struggling-to-sell-looted-artefacts-from-africa-these-days
#BeninBronzes #worldnews #LootedArtefacts #artefacts

From the MET- I drew this mask many times. I got to grow up with it, while children of Nigeria did not. Send her back home. #colonialism #AfricanArt #BeninBronzes https://digitalbenin.org/catalogue/22_1978412323

https://digitalbenin.org/ Database of looted art from Benin. #BeninBronzes #repatriation #colonialism #artmuseums #AfricanArt

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/opinion/benin-bronzes-germany.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #colonialism #artifacts #lootedart #repatriation #BeninBronzes

BBC News - Benin Bronzes: Germany returns looted artefacts to Nigeria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64038626 #Benin #KingdomofDahomey ##BeninBronzes #Restitution what the historical truth behind this political action and what sense makes it for #socioculture #selfawareness ?

"Today, we are here to return the Benin Bronzes to where they belong, to the people of Nigeria"

"We are here to right a wrong"

"We want to return what never belonged to us"

#Germany returns looted #BeninBronzes to #Nigeria: At a "historic" repatriation ceremony in the Nigerian capital, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and other officials returned 22 stolen Benin Bronzes to their homeland.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-returns-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria/a-64165962?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&r=3726238842351232&lid=2384232&pm_ln=181106

#Colonialism #Africa #art #looting #heritage

Well, this is a start.

As we know, looted items from Africa are in museums, galleries and academic institutions all over the world.

BBC News - Benin Bronzes: Germany returns looted artefacts to Nigeria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64038626

#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter
#BeninBronzes

Last week I had the great honour to interpret at a truly historic event: the #restitution of the 92 #BeninBronzes held by the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum #Koeln! I even made it on German TV news as a blurry figure wearing a mask and a beige jacket. 😷 https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/sendung/ts-54715.html #1nt

Yesterday, I had the great honour to interpret at a truly historic event: the restitution of the 92 #BeninBronzes held by the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in #Koeln to Nigeria. If you watched the German TV news at 5pm yesterday, you might have spotted me as the blurry figure wearing a black mask and a beige jacket! https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/sendung/ts-54715.html

Most of the 116 artefacts to be returned are made of brass, but others are ivory or wood.

Some artefacts will remain in Cambridge "on extended loan".

In 1897, the British burned Benin City’s palace and exiled the Oba or king. Thousands of brasses and other works were taken.

#BeninBronzes #Nigeria #ArtTheft #Colonialism #CambridgeUni #Museums #ParthenonMarbles

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/cambridge-university-to-return-over-100-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria

RT @GUnrecht@twitter.com

Germany's restitution process for colonial loot is stuck. Almost 4 years after "Framework Principles", nothing moves, except for BRITISH loot #BeninBronzes. When will you act on deadlock, @BundesKultur@twitter.com @AndGoergen@twitter.com @KatjaKeul@twitter.com @AA_Kultur@twitter.com @rabe_diplo@twitter.com @Markus_Hilgert@twitter.com @LaenderKultur@twitter.com?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GUnrecht/status/1600416896901607424

“We specially oppose the return of the 16th-to 19th-century metal bronzes because they were made with melted manilla currency [that] the Benin Kingdom was paid in exchange for our ancestors they sold to European slave traders." #beninbronzes #nigeria https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/06/us-campaign-group-sues-smithsonian-over-return-of-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria

Some #BeninBronzes are heading home - hope the British Museum follows suit. #art #sculpture #Benin #loot https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/28/london-museum-returns-looted-benin-city-artefacts-to-nigeria?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@alessa_ed You probably have heard this podcast already, but just in case:
"Stuff the British Stole": #Nigeria massacre 1897;
#BeninBronzes

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Mud2hvb3Noa2FhLmNvbS9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC9pZC8xMzQzNQ/episode/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hYmMubmV0LmF1L3JhZGlvbmF0aW9uYWwvcHJvZ3JhbXMvc3R1ZmYtdGhlLWJyaXRpc2gtc3RvbGUvYmxvb2QtYXJ0LzEyODY3ODMy?ep=14

The six objects include two 16th-century bronze plaques stolen in 1897 from the royal palace in Benin City. By agreement 66 more objects will stay on loan at the Horniman Museum for 12 months, pending a second phase of repatriation.

Horniman chief executive Nick Merriman said, "The overwhelming consensus was that the objects had been looted."

This repatriation will increase pressure on the British Museum, which has so far refused to return objects in its collection.

#BeninBronzes #KingdomOfBenin #Nigeria #Art #ArtTheft #Colonialism #Museums #ParthenonMarbles

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/28/london-museum-returns-looted-benin-city-artefacts-to-nigeria

Digital Benin ... is the first comprehensive database of artefacts collectively known as the Benin bronzes.

#BeninBronzes #KingdomOfBenin #Art #ArtTheft #Colonialism #Museums

https://digitalbenin.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/digital-benin-reunites-thousands-of-objects-scattered-after-british-looting

“New Online Database Tracks the Whereabouts of the Benin Bronzes” by Jasmine Liu for Hyperallergic

https://hyperallergic.com/777685/new-online-database-tracks-benin-bronzes/

#histodons #beninbronzes #arthistory #museums

#Introduction
Hi, my name is Isabel Eiser. I am a Ph.D. student at the research center "Hamburg's (post-)colonial legacy" at the University of Hamburg. My dissertation is titled "Becoming an Emblem. Form Colonial Propaganda to Decolonial Movement. A Discourse Analysis on the '#BeninBronzes.'" I am also a research assistant in the D-WISE project at University of Hamburg - a joint collaboration between #humanities and #informatics researching and developing digital solutions for #DiscourseAnalysis