Symposium “Exhibiting Difficult Histories“: Indigenous Exhibition of Benin Cultural Objects

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Prof Dr Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona, Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Benin

Indigenous Exhibition of Benin Cultural Objects in Reviewing the Display of ‘Benin Bronzes’ in Nigeria, Europe, and America 

Recent developments related to restitution and the transfer of ownership rights have led and will continue to lead to new forms of presentation of Benin works. This event gives us the opportunity to deepen the links between academia and museums on a national and international level. As a learning and process-orientated institution, we are interested in critically questioning our own exhibition process and doing this together with our guests.

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