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Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its 'dark past'

Por: ABC News World December 20, 2022

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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to as part of efforts to address its “dark colonial past,” the German foreign minister said Tuesday. Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister returned the prized cultural artifacts to Nigerian officials in a ceremony in the capital Abuja. The sculptures, known as Benin bronzes, were looted from the West African country when it was under colonial rule.“It was wrong to... + full article



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