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The Joy of Restitution. When will the British Museum finally do the right thing with its Benin Bronzes collection? #BeninBronzes #Nigeria #restitution #BritishMuseum #BrutishMuseums #BeninDialogueGroup @BarcoBenin @elginism @profdanhicks
Did you read what I tweeted?
"& the museum being built at #Edo to receive the #BeninBronzes..."
The clowning has to stop. Everybody is working hard here.. Has been for a long time.
#BeninDialogueGroup
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#BlackToFront
@Bonn1eGreer Such a nasty side of the U.K.
It should all go back, with an apology
Even the documentary admits that the #BritishMuseum has never received a formal request from for #BeninBronzes.
Not only just plain shoddy journalism,but does a disservice to the work of the #BeninDialogueGroup & the museum being built at #Edo to receive the Bronzes
#BlackToFront
"Taking them away was like yanking off pages of our history."
Nigeria says it's asked for the Benin Bronzes, which were looted by the British, to be returned. But the British Museum says it has yet to receive a formal request and it would require a change in the law to do so.
4. These discussions had led to the formation of what is now globally called the #BeninDialogueGroup(BDG), an offshoot of which is the Legacy Restoration Trust (LRT) that...
"The #BeninDialogueGroup gives voice to the African narrative. It's the West who usually tells our history, but this partnership helps us tell our history from our own perspective." Edith Ekunke, Curator, Retired Director of Museums, @icomnigeria #AAMCOnline
«Benin-Bronzen nicht nur Raubgut, das sind Höhepunkte globaler Kunst» - Leiterin der #BeninDialogueGroup und Chefin @MARKKhamburg Barbara Plankensteiner zu #Restitution von Kulturgütern aus #Kolonialismus https://t.co/gymzrs65sG #dpareporter für @dpa @dpa_ost via @zeitonline
The #restitution of these cultural objects is disappointingly slow as European museum bureaucrats have “played for time” to delay the inevitable repatriation of looted artefacts. “We need to unlearn colonialism”. #BeninDialogueGroup has sadly continued this colonial mindset. 3/5
The "British Museum" mentioned in this article is actually the Bristol Museum. Whilst it is to be commended I remain sceptical whether @britishmuseum, notwithstanding the efforts of #BeninDialogueGroup, will ever agree to return any of its #BeninBronzes collection, even on loan.
After a royal appeal, British Museum says it's open to returning looted bronze to Benin | Prince Edun Akenzua of the Royal Court of Benin spoke of his desire to see the sculpture returned https://t.co/dbr548ILpc #Benin #museums #BritishMuseum
Bronze cockerel to be returned to #Nigeria by Cambridge college.
Congratulations to the #BeninDialogueGroup, His Royal Majesty the Oba of Benin & @JesusCollegeCam. We hope the cockerel will soon be available on display in #BeninCity #EdoState.
https://t.co/c6X6sF5CGU
Congratulations to the #BeninDialogueGroup, His Royal Majesty the Oba of Benin and Jesus College Cambridge. Hope the cockrel will soon be available on display in #BeninCity #EdoState. Bronze cockerel to be returned to Nigeria by Cambridge college https://t.co/n9PB6pJFoM
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