History - - - 

• Chief S.O. Alonge – History of Benin –  Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
• Ezra, Kate. 1992. Royal art of Benin: The Perls collectionThe Perls Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art).  (Fully available online as PDF)
• Goldwater, Robert, Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, and Tamara Northern. 1969. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art: an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 10-August 17, 1969.  (New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art). (Fully available online as PDF)
• Lundén, Staffan. 2016. Displaying Loot. The Benin objects and the British Museum. Göteborgs universitet. (Humanistiska fakulteten University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Arts).
• Plass, .Margaret"The Art of Benin" Expedition Magazine 1.4 (1959): n. pag. Expedition Magazine. Penn Museum, 1959 Web. 15 Dec 2019.
• Read, Charles Hercules and Ormonde Maddock Dalton. 1899. Antiquities from the city of Benin and from other parts of West Africa in the British Museum. (London: British Museum, sold by Longmans & Co. [etc.],). (Fully available as PDF)

Stolen & Returned Artwork - - - 

• British Museum to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria
• Bronzes to Benin, gold to Ghana … museums under fire on looted art
• Nigeria plans museum for art looted from Benin

Videos - - -

• Africa's Past Ife and Benin Kingdom 12th 19th century
• Ancient African Metallurgy from Nok Culture to Benin Plague
• British Museum offers to loan stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
• Edo Kingdom of West Africa
• Exhibiting the Benin Bronzes - The Arts Past & Present
• Kingdoms of Africa West Africa, Benin bronzes
• Western reactions to Benin bronzes | Civilisations - BBC Two

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