Title:
Africa’s looted artifacts are being put up for sale during the global economic crisis
Author:
Oluwatosin Adeshokan
Published:
Quartz Africa, 5 June 2020
https://qz.com/africa/1865162/africas-stolen-artifacts-up-for-sale-during-global-economic-crisis/
From the article:
Thousands of artifacts looted from African towns over a century ago line European and British Museums and institutions. After decades of campaigns for African pieces—such as the Benin bronzes to return home, the homecoming of the looted artworks finally began looking like a real possibility.
But in the middle of the global economic crisis brought sparked by the spread of the coronavirus that has devastated economies, a new market for African artifacts and art has emerged.