Ceremonial heads, an ivory carving, and a decorated plaque are just some of the 20 items 🇩🇪 has returned to 🇳🇬
Some of the objects have been on display at a museum in Berlin before being returned to Nigeria
In July, Nigeria said it was the first time a European country had entered into this kind of agreement.Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, she added that it was an opportunity to right some of the wrongs of the past. The term Benin Bronzes refers to thousands of metal sculptures, plaques and carvings made between the 15th and 19th Centuries and looted by British troops in 1897 from the West African kingdom of Benin, in modern-day Nigeria's Edo state.
Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments has issued formal repatriation requests to museums across the world.
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