Soldier's grandson to return items he looted from Benin City
about 6 years in The guardian
Ceremonial paddles to be displayed at Oxford museum before restitution to Nigeria
The grandson of a British soldier who took part in the looting of Benin City in the late 19th century is returning items his ancestor took in a move experts say opens up a debate about what could happen to the hundreds of items that are in private collections around the UK.
Mark Walker, the grandson of Captain Herbert Walker – a British soldier who was part of the 1897 punitive expedition to Benin City in southern Nigeria where thousands of items were looted – has given the items to the in Oxford, which will display them before they are returned to the royal court of Benin. Continue reading...
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