Barnaby Phillips is the author of Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes (Oneworld, 2021).
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
The Chrysler Museum of Art has given a looted monolith back to Nigeria and received a facsimile in exchange. Will other institutions follow suit?
With cracks appearing in the relationships of institutions in Nigeria, Barnaby Phillips wonders where the returned Benin Bronzes are going to end up
The museum has agreed to give back two plaques in its collection that were taken illegally from Nigeria after 1960. Why now?
