- Nigeria urges other countries to also return artifacts taken
- Sculptures were shipped to Europe after 1897 British attack
There are about 1,000 Benin Bronzes objects in Germany.
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Germany handed over 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria more than a century after they were looted by British colonists in a step that may spur other countries to return artifacts stolen from Africa.
The return of the objects opens a new chapter in deeper cooperation with Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told reporters ahead of the ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Tuesday.
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