I asked 31 museums if they would be prepared to return their stolen African art, here’s what they said

John Lubbock, “I asked 31 museums if they would be prepared to return their stolen African art, here’s what they said”, johnlubbock.com, April 2021.

“While reading Professor Dan Hicks’ book The Brutish Museums – The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution, I wanted to write something about this important subject. Professor Hicks suggested to me that I should look at the international dimension of the conversation on the return of art looted during the imperial era, so I emailed most of the institutions listed in Appendix 1 of his book which hold at least one Benin Bronze. Here are the responses I have so far received from 17 of the 31 institutions I emailed.”