Tag: Benin
Ancient Religion : Voodoo Tradition: How Benin uses spiritual roots to attract more tourists
In Benin, authorities are using the spiritual roots of voodoo beliefs to attract tourists and boost the economy. See impressions of the Voodoo Festival. In Benin, authorities are using the…
New York organization: NGO against return of all Benin bronzes
Status: 05.01.2023 1:25 p.m Museums worldwide want to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria. But a New York organization of descendants of West African slaves wants to prevent a blanket return…
New York organization: NGO against return of all Benin bronzes
Status: 05.01.2023 1:25 p.m Museums worldwide want to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria. But a New York organization of descendants of West African slaves wants to prevent a blanket return…
Video: Nigeria: Baerbock and Roth hand over Benin bronzes
STORY: Return in Abuja. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock handed over 20 so-called Benin bronzes from Germany’s public museums to Nigeria on Tuesday. The appointment is the latest in a series…
Nigeria: How Annalena Baerbock escorts the Benin bronzes home
For the first time, Germany is returning art objects stolen during the colonial period to Nigeria. From a German perspective, it was wrong to take the works of art and…
Looted colonial art: Baerbock and Roth hand over Benin bronzes to Nigeria
An internationally acclaimed return marks a new chapter in the coming to terms with German colonialism. Two women ministers present valuable Benin bronzes in Nigeria. It’s only meant to be…
Looted art from Nigeria: Germany returns Benin bronzes
Status: 12/20/2022 4:45 p.m After 125 years, the Benin Bronzes are back in Nigeria. Foreign Minister Baerbock and Minister of State for Culture Roth returned the works of art stolen…
Annalena Baerbock brings back 20 Benin bronzes: ‘It was wrong’ – Culture
The throne stool, so the art historians see it, represents the world view of the kings of Benin. An intertwined python connects the world of divine order with nature, with…
The Benin Bronzes: These art treasures are going back to Nigeria
They are finally coming back: With an internationally recognized step, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth are returning 20 of the precious Benin bronzes…
Annalena Baerbock brings 20 Benin bronzes back to Nigeria. – Culture
The throne stool, so the art historians see it, represents the world view of the kings of Benin. An intertwined python connects the world of divine order with nature, with…