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More than 100 years after it was looted from Nigeria, the University of Cambridge has returned a Benin bronze artefact to the country.<\/div>\n
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\nAt a ceremony in the United Kingdom (UK), the university handed over the artefact to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, in a move it earlier described as the \u201cfirst institutional return of its kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nigerian delegation was led by the head of the agency, Abba Tijani, to receive the elaborately carved cockerel, known as \u201cOkukor\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe\u2019re excited, very happy to see that this artefact, which has been away from Nigeria for decades, is in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tijani, who spoke during the ceremony to hand over the treasure, said it was the first time a UK institution would give back a Benin bronze.<\/p>\n

The bronze was taken from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 when Britain had a foothold on the African continent.<\/p>\n

Cambridge\u2019s Jesus College removed the cockerel from public display in 2016 after a campaign by students arguing it was a symbol of Britain\u2019s colonial past.<\/p>\n

Several other western institutions have said they also plan to hand looted African treasures back.<\/p>\n

But the British Museum, which has the world\u2019s largest collection of Benin bronzes, has not done so.<\/p>\n

Many are facing mounting pressure to give back colonial-era treasures, thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n

This week, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris is exhibiting a trove of Benin treasures for a final time before they are handed back to Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Tijani was set to travel to Scotland to receive another Benin bronze from the University of Aberdeen.<\/p>\n

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