I grew up partly in nigeria, and then my family moved to the u k. I didn't know thet background to them when i first saw them at the british museum. And that's the first time i have ever seena ben in bronze,. actually in the country that created it, in the country tat i was born in. And it was just indescribable.
The world’s most illustrious museums are finally having to reckon with the stolen art in their collections.
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