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“British culture secretary Oliver Dowden objected to repatriating the Benin Bronzes, instead urging museums to ‘defend our culture and history from the noisy minority of activists constantly trying to do Britain down.’” https://sahelien.com/en/benin-will-it-bring-stolen-artifacts-home/
Lutte contre l’extrémisme violent et la radicalisation: les imams renforcent leurs capacités https://sahelien.com/lutte-contre-lextremisme-violent-et-la-radicalisation-les-imams-renforcent-leurs-capacites/ via @sahelien_com
Researchers are digitizing Nigeria’s cultural heritage. But can they bring stolen artifacts home? https://sahelien.com/en/benin-will-it-bring-stolen-artifacts-home/ via @sahelien_com
A painstaking effort to digitize Nigeria’s cultural heritage is underway, but will it bring stolen artifacts home? https://sahelien.com/en/a-painstaking-effort-to-digitize-nigerias-cultural-heritage-is-underway-but-will-it-bring-stolen-artifacts-home/ by @nosmotG
"Soldiers stole ancestral artifacts in Benin’s royal palace and sold them to the highest bidder or handed them down to family members. The rest went to the British Museum for an exhibition later that year in its basement..." — @nosmotG via @sahelien_com
https://sahelien.com/en/a-painstaking-effort-to-digitize-nigerias-cultural-heritage-is-underway-but-will-it-bring-stolen-artifacts-home/