Later still, there would be the great European scramble for Africa, in which the punitive expedition of 1897 was merely one bloody incident. That raid, and the removal of some of Benin's great art ...
DAILY POST reports that Okpebholo also restored the statutory financial entitlements of the Benin Traditional Council ... colonial forces during the 1897 Benin massacre. The statement said ...
One Can Only Hope And Wonder is a narrative film inspired by real-life events in connection with the stolen artworks in the Benin expedition of 1897, the ongoing topic of restitution in the art ...