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Nigeria later this month, making it the first U.K. institution to hand back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes.Jesus College announced in 2019 that it would return the Okukor, a statue that was taken from the Court of Benin in what is now Nigeria.

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that his country will return 26 African artworks — royal thrones, ceremonial altars, revered statues — to Benin later this month, part of France's long-promised plans to give back artwork taken from Africa during the colonial era.Discussions have been under way for years on returning the artworks from the 19th century Dahomey Kingdom. Called the “Abomey Treasures,” they currently are held in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.

Nigeria artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes, saying Tuesday that it aims to make “substantial” handovers next year.The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an authority that oversees many of Berlin’s museums, said its board gave the foundation's president, Hermann Parzinger, formal permission to conduct negotiations on returning pieces that are in its collection.That followed a wider decision at the end of April for German museums to work on a restitution plan with museums and authorities in

Nigeria, calling it a “turning point in dealing with our colonial history.”Germany’s minister for culture, Monika Gruetters, said the Benin Bronzes were a key test for the way the country deals with its colonial past.“We are confronting our historic and moral responsibility,” she said.Gruetters said the goal is to contribute to “understanding and reconciliation” with the descendants of those whose cultural treasures were stolen in colonial times.

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Guardian notes, many obtained through colonization or plunder by "explorers." (See: the Benin Bronzes, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, and the Parthenon Marbles, among many others.) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share new photographs of their family with @DavidAttenborough.

Pan troglodytes verus , is the first group of chimpanzee to be added to the list of critically endangered apes.

Beloved Nigerian reggae star Majek Fashek has died at age 57.

It was going to be an important year for Angélique Kidjo.

Like many artists, Grammy-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo — whom Time magazine once called “Africa’s premier diva” — has felt the staggering effect of the coronavirus crisis, which forced the cancellation of her Daughter of Independence concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.