A 17 century brass ... artists from the African diaspora. Here, as elsewhere, a major question surrounds the Benin Bronzes, the name used for a wide variety of artifacts that day to at least ...

Twenty-six looted colonial-era artifacts are ... in what officials in the West African country have said is a “historic milestone.” The items, which include 19th-century thrones, sacred ...

communicate with the dead and assure good luck in a part of West Africa that is now Sierra Leone. “These artifacts clearly . . . show that African religiouspractices remained alive at least ...

A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had ... by cultural institutions to return artifacts that were often stolen during colonial wars. African nations and scholars have put pressure ...