Germany has started to return hundreds of valuable artworks that were looted from Nigeria more than a hundred years ago. The ownership of the Benin Bronzes has been disputed for years, and pressure is now on Western museums to release them from their collections. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports. (This story originally aired in May 2021.)
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