A New York-based Group is leading a lawsuit to stop the return of Benin bronzes to Nigeria...

A New York-based organisation known as the Restitution Study Group (RSG) is leading a lawsuit to stop the return of Benin bronzes from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC to Nigeria.

At a ceremony on 11 October, ownership of 29 Benin bronzes was legally transferred from the Smithsonian to the Nigerian Commission for Museums and Monuments (nine items are due to remain at the Smithsonian on long- term loan).

Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, the RSG founder and executive director, argues though that the bronzes are linked to the descendants of enslaved people in America, and that returning them would deny them the opportunity to experience their culture...
Source: theartnewspaper.com..