The London History Show: The Benin Plaques

Hello all. We are learning about the British Museum at the moment, and that includes a lot of world cultures that were unfamiliar to me, such as that of the Kingdom of Benin. As such, I'm sure there are a lot of good sources out there that are inaccessible to me or that I did not find here in my London lockdown. I've given my sources below, but if you have others that give a different perspective, please let me know.
On a related note, there are several words in this one that I've only ever seen written down, so if you know better than me on the pronounciations, let me know in the comments. I'm already pretty sure I got Erediauwa wrong.
In this video, we look at stolen African artworks in the British Museum commonly called the "Benin Bronzes".

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Sources and further reading:
Akenzua, E. 2000. The Case Of Benin. https://tinyurl.com/ybm78jwt
Benin Dialogue Group, 2018. Statement. https://tinyurl.com/ybr9c98k
Benin Royal Museum. https://beninroyalmuseum.org/
British Museum, 2015. Benin: An African Kingdom. https://tinyurl.com/ybsent5z
Curnow, K. 2008. Courtly Intrigues: Jostling for Chiefly Power in the Art and Life of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom. https://tinyurl.com/y9yq33pt
HM Government. 1963. The British Museum Act (Section 5). https://tinyurl.com/ybgdy2un
McGregor, N. 2010. A History of the World In 100 Objects. https://tinyurl.com/gvuv2rz
Monks, K. 2018. British Museum to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria. https://tinyurl.com/yaxb7dl2
Otzen, E. 2015. The man who returned his grandfather’s looted art. https://tinyurl.com/ybeckwmh
Raicovich, L. 2019. One Museum's Complicated Attempt To Repatriate A Benin Bronze. https://tinyurl.com/yc8tu8sd
Ronu Creative. 2018. Benin Kingdom. https://tinyurl.com/ycneje3b

00:00 Intro
03:02 The Kingdom of Benin
04:59 The Art
13:02 The British Expedition
14:56 What Next?

Видео The London History Show: The Benin Plaques канала J. Draper