Cambridge University becomes first UK institution to return a Benin Bronze taken from Nigeria
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A Cambridge University college has handed over an artifact looted by British soldiers to Nigeria. Jesus College is the first U.K. institution to give back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes. On Wednesday, the college returned a looted bronze cockerel known as the “Okukur” to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments....