LONDON, Oct 27 — A Cambridge University college and Paris museum will today hand back cultural artefacts that were looted from West Africa during the colonial era, setting a precedent that will pressure other institutions to return stolen works.
After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student. The college announced in 2019 it would return it to Nigeria. Germany has agreed to start returning Benin Bronzes held in its museums next year. French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017 told Burkinabe students that “African heritage can’t just be in European private collections and museums.”
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