EVENT INFORMATION

20
Desèmber
2022

Nigeria receives the first 22 Benin Bronzes returned from Germany

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📅 20 Desèmber 2022 📍 Alemania, Nigeria

At a handover ceremony in Abuja, Germany transferred 22 Benin objects to Nigeria, the first physical return under the 2022 joint declaration. The objects had been looted by British forces in 1897 and later entered German collections. Legal ownership transfer and physical custody are distinct stages; public access, conservation and community authority over the objects continue to shape the restitution debate.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Nigerian and German officials

Benin Royal Court

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Government of Nigeria

Government of Germany

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation