AUTHOR: KWAME OPOKU, DR.

Chief Owangue, Benin, Nigeria, now in Horniman Museum, London, United Kingdom

Unlimited Inventiveness: Horniman Museum To Discuss Benin Artefacts With Nigerian And British Artists In London

Feb 3, 2020 | Feature Article

We, Europeans, who have received and transmitted and continue to transmit these objects, are on the side of the c ...

Gold mask, 20 cm in height, weighing 1.36 kg.of pure gold, seized by the British from Kumasi, Ghana, in 1874 and now in the Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom.

Even English Institutions Are Discussing Restitution: Effects Of Sarr-Savoy Repo...

Jan 22, 2020 | Feature Article

lsquo;It does not matter (although many museums pretend it does) that the first of several Hague conventions was ...

Figure of a seated male. One of the looted Nigerian Nok terracotta, now in the possession of the Muse du Quai Branly, in the Palais des Sessions, Paris, France, with post factum Nigerian consent even though the ICOM Red List For Africa forbids exportation of such artefacts.

Miracle Abjured: Stéphane Martin Reiterates His Objection To Restitution Of Loot...

Jan 9, 2020 | Feature Article

St eacute;phane Martin, President of Mus eacute;e du quai Branly who, after twenty-one years as President of the mus ...

Bust of Nefertiti in Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Zahi Hawass Is Back: When Will Nefertiti Return Home To Egypt?

Jan 1, 2020 | Feature Article

It has been reported that Zahi Hawass, the famous Egyptian Egyptologist has announced his intention, with support of ...

Dr. Walker returns Benin artefacts to Oba of Benin in 2014

Mark Walker’s Second Attempt To Return Looted Benin Artefacts: Innovative Approa...

Dec 22, 2019 | Feature Article

One of the most noble incarnations of a people s genius is its cultural heritage, built up over the centuries ...

The Benin Cockerel above was looted by the British invasion army in 1897 during their notorious 'Punitive Expedition' in which they stole over 3500 Benin artefacts from the palace of the Oba of Benin.

Will Others Follow Jesus College Cambridge By Returning Looted Benin Artefacts T...

Dec 10, 2019 | Feature Article

rsquo;Truth must be repeated constantly because error is being repeatedly preached round about all the time, and ...

Some Have Waited For 100 Years; Others Are Tired After Few Months: Time In Resti...

Nov 21, 2019 | Feature Article

The British Museum takes its commitment to being a world museum seriously. Statement by a British Museum spo ...

Stool of Oba Eresoyen, Benin, Nigeria, now in Ethnologisches MuseumHumboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany.

Appeal To Open German Museums’ Inventories On African Objects.

Oct 15, 2019 | Feature Article

Readers may recall that we have often called on European museums to reveal the number of looted African artefacts th ...

Turtle shell with leather bag known as ! Uros, Nu-Khoen people, Namibia now in Ethnology Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Are Europeans Outmanoeuvring Africans Again?

Sep 25, 2019 | Feature Article

When we were schoolchildren, we wondered how Europeans were able to establish slave trade which benefitted them main ...

How long will Europeans and other Westerners keep insulting Africans in Restitut...

Sep 16, 2019 | Feature Article

We reproduce below a press release from a Berlin based NGO alliance on the proposals of the Prussian Cultural Heritage F ...

How long will Europeans and other Westerners keep insulting Africans in Restitut...

Sep 16, 2019 | Feature Article

We reproduce below a press release from a Berlin based NGO alliance on the proposals of the Prussian Cultural Heritage F ...

Two ancestor figures, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Revised Guidelines On Colonial Collections: Germany Not Advanced With Restitutio...

Jul 28, 2019 | Feature Article

ldquo;It is especially difficult to procure an object without at least employing some force. I believe that half ...

Throne of King Ghzo, Abomey, Dahomey, Republic of Benin, now in Muse du Quai Branly, Paris, France, to be returned to Benin.

France On Course To Restitution Of Looted African Artefacts

Jul 12, 2019 | Feature Article

After the very intensive discussions of French restitution policy, largely prompted by the Sarr-Savoy report , and b ...

Crown of Tewodros, Ethiopia, now in Victoria and Albert Museum, London

To Decolonize Is To Decontextualize, Tristram Hunt. Should We Stop Asking For Re...

Jul 6, 2019 | Feature Article

Most readers know by now that the defenders of the looting of African cultural artefacts are very active and surpris ...

You Cannot Go Very Wrong With Benin Artefacts: Made In Benin, They Belong To The...

Jul 2, 2019 | Feature Article

lsquo;One of the most noble incarnations of a people rsquo;s genius is its cultural heritage, built up over t ...

Figure of a seated male; one of the three looted Nigerian Nok terracotta bought by the French, even though they knew they were looted, now in the possession of the Muse du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, with post factum consent of the Nigerian government.

Ecowas Calls For More Action On Restitution Of Looted Artefacts

Jun 15, 2019 | Feature Article

lsquo;It is indeed unfortunate that so much Nok material has been looted over time to supply the international m ...

Orthodox priest carries a covered tabot in a ceremony in Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Jialiang Gao https:commons.wikimedia.

British Museum To Loan Looted ‘invisible’ Ethiopian Tabots To Ethiopia: How Far ...

Jun 2, 2019 | Feature Article

lsquo;From this scene I strolled away to the northern gate, to where the dead body of the late Master of ...

Kwame Opoku, Dr.

Former Legal Adviser, United Nations Office, Vienna.. More Dr. Kwame Opoku writes about looted cultural objects