Nigerians Praise London Museum's Decision to Return Precious Artifacts: Nigeria
The museum said in a statement Sunday it was moral and appropriate to return the artifacts, stating the objects were taken by force during the British military invasion of Nigeria in 1897.
Nigerian authorities have praised the gesture. The National Commission for Museums and Monuments said it is a breakthrough after a meeting with the museum authorities in March this year, and they say they're looking forward to loan agreements and collaborations with the museum."We're simply very happy for Horniman museums and gardens to have kept their word. They have made a just determination of the issue by returning these antiquities.
For years Nigeria has been negotiating the return of thousands of looted artefacts to their cultural bases in the southern party of Nigeria.As more are returned, authorities aim to set up a museum in Benin to store them, says Adebiyi. "We're proposing and working hard toward having a royal museum in Benin city near the oba's [king's] palace. All these things are meant to house these antiquities. Apart from that, museums like the Lagos museum can provide adequate facilities.""It's a good development for arts and culture in our nation, in Africa. It's a welcome idea that they decided to do this. A lot of people believe this ought to have been done decades ago, It is better late than never.
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