Dutch return of 119 Benin objects to Nigeria attracts attention worldwide.

RM* saw reports from AP, Hyperallergic, DutchNews, Jerusalem Post, ArtDependence, Punch, Arise, Voice of Alexandria, Devdiscours, Pinnacle Gazette and AllAfrica.

Most articles shed no new light on the return. Their links are not provided.

AllAfrica is the exception.

It offers a short overview of returns of Benin objects by museums in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. ‘The Netherlands has joined a growing list of European nations returning culturally significant artifacts to Africa’.