The Kingdom Behind Glass : Throughline

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Who owns stolen art? Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the halls of one of England’s most elite universities — a tale of imperialism, betrayal, and the making of the modern world.

Guests:

Ore Ogunbiyi, Africa correspondent for The Economist

Nwando Achebe, the Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History at Michigan State University

Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, executive director of the Restitution Study Group

Dan Hicks, professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford, and curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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