Book · 2020 · Benin (Kingdom)
The Brutish Museums
The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
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“Consider the book he published in 2020. It's called The Brutish Museums: The Beninian Bronzes:es Colonial Violence and Cultural Rest. Here is a typical sentence. The sacking of Benin City in February 1897 was an attack on human life, on culture, on belief, on art, and on sovereignty.”