Eden Akenza is a foreign policy writer who splits her time between london and lagas, nigeria. She's been reporting on one very specific set of stolen art, the benign bronzes. They're a collection of art works from the kingdom of benin, which is in southern nigeria. The once mighty kingdom, now part of nigeria, whose bustling modern day streets are still defined by the brutal invasion of 18 97.
The world’s most illustrious museums are finally having to reckon with the stolen art in their collections.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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