Aberdeen Return of Looted Benin Bronze Adds Pressure on the British Museum! - WB March 2021

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University of Aberdeen to Return Pillaged Benin Bronze to Nigeria:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/university-of-aberdeen-to-return-pillaged-benin-bronze-to-nigeria

UK university’s return of looted Benin Bronze puts pressure on other institutions

https://www.channel4.com/news/uk-universitys-return-of-looted-benin-bronze-puts-pressure-on-other-institutions

The Movement is Unstoppable’: African scholars and activists hail German plan to return Benin bronzes:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/african-scholars-and-activists-hail-german-plan-to-return-benin-bronzes

Is Germany Promising to Return Artefacts Looted from Benin?

https://www.dw.com/en/is-germany-promising-to-return-artefacts-looted-from-benin/a-57040383

University of Aberdeen Press Release: University to Return Benin Bronze:

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/14790/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20Aberdeen%20is,19th%20century%20European%20colonial%20expansion.

Precedent:

Shared Agreement Reached for Display of Hugh Lane’s Collection:

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0226/1199496-hugh-lane-gallery/

UK and Irish Galleries Reach New Truce in Tug of War Over Lane Collection:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/26/uk-and-irish-galleries-reach-new-truce-in-tug-of-war-over-lane-collection

New Partnership Agreed Between the National Gallery and Hugh Lane Gallery:

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/new-partnership-agreed-between-the-national-gallery-and-hugh-lane-gallery



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