Jesus College is set to return a controversial bronze cockerel that was looted from Benin, Nigeria in the 19th century, following a successful campaign from students to reject the “spoils of war”.

The sculpture, known as the Benin bronze, was stolen by Victorian explorers in 1897 and has resided in Cambridge:s Jesus College since 1905.

The bronze cockerel which was taken by British colonial forces in 1897 and donated to Jesus College Cambridge is to be returned to Nigeria in an unprecedented step that adds momentum to the growing repatriations movement.

The Okukor, described by the college as a “royal ancestral heirloom”, will be one of the first Benin bronzes to be returned to Nigeria by a major British institution since the punitive expedition in 1897 when thousands of bronzes were stolen from Benin City by British forces.

Sonita Alleyne, the master of Jesus College, said the decision was not taken to “erase history” but came after “diligent and careful” work that looked into the wider legacy of slavery at Jesus College. “We are an honest community, and after thorough investigation into the provenance of the Benin bronze … our job is to seek the best way forward,” she said.

"The Benin Bronzes were a collection of 3,000 pieces of art taken by British troops during reprisals for the killing of nine of their countrymen in a trade dispute between London and the Benin monarch.

No specific date for return has been released but the college stated that the bronze cockerel “belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin”.


https://listwand.com/stolen-bronze-cockerel-to-be-returned-to-nigeria-by-cambridge-college/

Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

bros this table your are shaking - hmmm i no dey oo!

No need returning it cs it will be left to decay cs it will just be der

Never knew the Binis called chicken 'Okukor' as we do in Igbo.

Return wetin? You better sell for them.

So the British government kept a stolen bronze from Nigeria and are set to return it after they must have extracted all the spiritual powers from it to build their technology and economy. It’s all alright. Na we dey do like say we be bad people.

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

the problem is that this table you are shaking the northerners will not even respond to you but watch how yoruba Muslims will carry it on their head.

LabDNA:
Never knew the Binis called chicken 'Okukor' as we do in Igbo.

okhokho.. They also call plantain oghede,maize is okha...farm is ugbo etc

Switruth:
So the British government kept a stolen bronze from Nigeria and are set to return it after they must have extracted all the spiritual powers from it to build their technology and economy. It’s all alright. Na we dey do like say we be bad people.

Pun intended??

LabDNA:
Never knew the Binis called chicken 'Okukor' as we do in Igbo.

Akuko is an Igbo word. There is no ethnic group called 'Bini"

The British kept this for hundreds of years watch how Nigeria would destroy it in 1 year

Mightyhaiz:
okhokho.. They also call plantain oghede,maize is okha...farm is ugbo etc

That's interesting, oghede is yoruba, Okha and ugbo are Igbo words.

They seem to have borrowed many words from their Eastern and western neighbours.

Lai's call is yielding results.

Nice one

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

Nope,It simply means they weren't really into making sculptures,and I think it is frowned upon there.

LabDNA:
Never knew the Binis called chicken 'Okukor' as we do in Igbo.

Yoruba also call jy akukor.
guess we all share language

haaryobhami:
Yoruba also call jy akukor.
guess we all share language

I thought it was adiye?

LabDNA:



I thought it was adiye?

Adiye is general chicken
Akukor is cock or cockerel

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

They were way more civilized and advanced in their sub saharan trade, the British treated them with dignity and respect.

LabDNA:


I thought it was adiye?

male is called akukor. general name Is adiye

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

they where clothed in the north and have admistrative system while the southeastern where on leaves by 1920..

LabDNA:


That's interesting, oghede is yoruba, Okha and ugbo are Igbo words.

They seem to have borrowed many words from their Eastern and western neighbours.

nope. language drift and all that. sides we can say you borrowed the word from us.

PapaBaby:
Most of the artefacts taken from Nigeria are from the southern part. Does this mean the north weren't civilized even back then?

Primitive Biafran shut up