🇳🇬 Protesters Disrupt Opening of New West African Art Museum amid Artefact Dispute

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In Benin City, the inauguration of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) was dramatically disrupted by protesters aligned with Oba Ewuare II of the ancient Benin Kingdom.

The demonstrators contend that the museum’s custody of repatriated Benin Bronzes undermines traditional ownership and violates the monarch’s ancestral authority. The protest forced an evacuation of guests and delayed proceedings, revealing deep cultural and political sensitivities surrounding Nigeria’s push to reclaim and reinterpret its stolen heritage.

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