Benin authorities, traditional leaders seek return of more stolen artworks from France

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Benin authorities, traditional leaders seek return of more stolen artworks from France French President Emmanuel Macron visited Benin on Wednesday some eight months after France returned 26 works of art seized by colonial soldiers in Benin in 1892. Thousands of other looted artworks remain in France, and traditional leaders and government authorities in Benin are hopeful that the return of the 26 is only the beginning of a process of restitution.