Oxford And Cambridge Varsities Approve Returning 213 Looted Benin Bronzes To Nigeria- The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have agreed to repatriate more than 200 Benin bronze items, paving the way for the UK’s most extensive restitution of Benin artifacts.
According to the DAILY TELEGRAPH earlier this year, Oxford and Cambridge received formal claims from Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) for the return of 97 objects in the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean Museum collections in Oxford, and 116 items from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) at the University of Cambridge. THE ART NEWSPAPER reports. Information Guide Nigeria
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The claims will be assessed by the UK Charity Commission which is expected to decide later this year whether legal ownership of the items can be transferred to Nigeria (authorisation by the commission is required because the university museums have charitable status).
The Council of the University of Oxford considered and supported the claim for the return to Nigeria of the 97 objects on 20 June, says the university in a statement, which adds that it “is now submitting the case to the Charity Commission, recommending transfer of legal title to the objects to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments.” jamb results