A bill to make it easier for France to return cultural objects taken during the colonial period was presented at a ...

The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico. The manuscript ...

Object Details author Phillips, Barnaby Notes AFA copy 39088019763986 gift from Janet Stanley. Contents Preface: Relatives behind bars -- The closer one gets to Benin, the farther away it is -- Easily ...

The story of the Benin Bronzes sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. In The Brutish Museum, Dan Hicks makes a powerful case ...

Long before London installed street lights, Benin City, an ancient Nigerian capital, had already lit its streets with torches and lamps. Here’s the powerful history.

Singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.

In “The Great Chinese Art Heist,” Ralph Pezzullo links a string of recent robberies with misdeeds of the colonial past.

A bill to make it easier for France to return cultural objects taken during the colonial period was presented at a ...