CLEAN : Nigeria celebrates anticipated return of two Kingdom of Benin treasures

The transcript discusses the process of returning cultural artifacts, such as bronzes and ivory, taken from the Benin Kingdom in 1897. It emphasizes the importance of returning these items directly to the Nigerian government, which will ensure their return to the Benin Palace. The speaker highlights recent successful returns from Cambridge and Aberdeen and mentions the Nigerian President's directive to facilitate this process.

What is the speaker referring to when mentioning the 'deed of transfer'?

• A cultural festival in the palace

• A new law passed by the Nigerian government

• A historical event in 1897

• A legal document for transferring ownership of artifacts

In what year were the bronzes and other artifacts removed from the palace?

• 1897

• 1920

• 1900

• 1885

To whom does the speaker suggest the artifacts should be returned?

• The local museums

• The federal government of Nigeria

• The international community

• The original owners

Which two universities recently returned artifacts to Nigeria?

• Stanford and MIT

• Yale and Princeton

• Cambridge and Aberdeen

• Oxford and Harvard

What is the role of the Nigerian government in the return of artifacts?

• To distribute the artifacts to local communities

• To sell the artifacts to the highest bidder

• To hold the artifacts in trust and return them to the palace

• To display the artifacts in a national museum