The nigerian government have served a legal letter to the british museum, demanding the return of their bonin bronzes. So far, only a few artifacts have come back. But for othere, countries like garne, ownershipis is really important when we're talking about restituting the art works that were stolen during the colonial era.
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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