2021 AD–2026 AD
British institutions transfer and return Benin heritage
British Empire · Resistance & colonized agency · Memory, reparation & restitution
Jesus College returned a bronze cockerel in 2021, and the Horniman transferred title to 72 objects to Nigeria in 2022, physically returning some and agreeing loans for others. In 2026 Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology announced title transfer of 116 objects. Legal title, physical return, and renewable loan must be recorded separately
Precision, calendar, and review
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- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
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Sources
- 1. www.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
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- 2026-09-23
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- 2. www.horniman.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2022-11-28
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- Source updated
- 2022-11-29
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- 2026-09-23
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