Cambridge college returns looted bronze art to Nigeria
A college at the University of Cambridge handed over an African bronze looted from what is modern-day Nigeria over a century ago, in the first such return by a British institution. PHOTOS | POOL
To cheers and a trumpet fanfare, a Cambridge University college on Wednesday handed a bronze statue looted in the 19th century back to Nigerian officials, in the first such move by a UK institution.
Sonita Alleyne, the head of Jesus College, gave the elaborately carved cockerel known as "Okukor" to a Nigerian delegation.
