Bookmark Historical EventsHistory and Heritage The Looting of the Benin Bronzes (1897): A Cultural Catastrophe and the Ongoing Battle for Repatriation by Akeem Olamilekan Salaudeen 3 weeks ago by Akeem Olamilekan Salaudeen The looting of the Benin Bronzes in 1897 stands as one of the most profound cultural tragedies in African history, a dark episode marked by colonial violence and cultural loss. …