Cambridge University's bronze cockerel to be repatriated

A bronze cockerel at Cambridge University that had been looted in a British raid of ancient Benin Kingdom will be repatriated back to Nigeria.

Almost 1,000 bronzes were taken after Benin City, in present-day Nigeria, was occupied by imperial troops in 1897, according to the British Museum.

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(Image: The Benin bronze, known as an "Okukor". Credit: ALAMY