Spurred in part by (urban) world-wide protests and thinking begun with USA "Black Lives Matter" movement, this story discusses the museum holdings in UK that arrived during colonial occupation/administration.
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"This is very specifically about a period of time when our anthropology museums were used for purposes of institutional racism, race science, the display of white supremacy. At this moment in history, it could not be more urgent to remove such icons from our institutions."
Of these, the so-called Benin Bronzes, or Benin treasures, are the most high-profile example of looted artefacts, taken by British soldiers following a punitive and murderous raid on the ancient Kingdom of Benin (in modern-day Nigeria) in 1897.
Link to "How UK museums are responding to Black Lives Matter" by Will Gompertz
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