Ore Ogunbi

I've lived between England and Nigeria my whole life. I was born in England, I moved to Nigeria when I was seven, and I've been back and forth between both countries ever since. And so university-wise, my dad always really wanted me to go to Cambridge. In his view, you know, the best place I could end up, which I understand why people see it that way.

When I got there, it was not very diverse environment. So settling in in that first term was quite difficult because I just felt like I couldn't find people who I could relate with.

When I got there, it was not very diverse environment. So settling in in that first term was quite difficult because I just felt like I couldn't find people who I could relate with.

When I got there, it was not very diverse environment. So settling in in that first term was quite difficult because I just felt like I couldn't find people who I could relate with.

You go to any college dining hall, you go to prestigious parts of the college, really historical parts of any college in Cambridge, and it's likely to be covered in paintings of old white men who have made some significant contribution to the culture. There's never going to be a black person on those walls.

You go to any college dining hall, you go to prestigious parts of the college, really historical parts of any college in Cambridge, and it's likely to be covered in paintings of old white men who have made some significant contribution to the culture. There's never going to be a black person on those walls.

You go to any college dining hall, you go to prestigious parts of the college, really historical parts of any college in Cambridge, and it's likely to be covered in paintings of old white men who have made some significant contribution to the culture. There's never going to be a black person on those walls.

In the same way that there was art on the walls, there's things on shelves, there's a whole bunch of things kind of lying around, I didn't notice it. It felt very much like it was hiding in plain sight.

In the same way that there was art on the walls, there's things on shelves, there's a whole bunch of things kind of lying around, I didn't notice it. It felt very much like it was hiding in plain sight.

In the same way that there was art on the walls, there's things on shelves, there's a whole bunch of things kind of lying around, I didn't notice it. It felt very much like it was hiding in plain sight.

But the second he drew my attention to it, obviously, I picked up on it the next time we went into the dining hall. It's not massive. It's not... too much bigger than your laptop. But it was sat on this shelf.

But the second he drew my attention to it, obviously, I picked up on it the next time we went into the dining hall. It's not massive. It's not... too much bigger than your laptop. But it was sat on this shelf.

But the second he drew my attention to it, obviously, I picked up on it the next time we went into the dining hall. It's not massive. It's not... too much bigger than your laptop. But it was sat on this shelf.

Which was basically, this art or this piece of art was bequeathed to the college by William Neville and was looted from Benin in the Punitive Expedition of 1897. Something to that effect.

Which was basically, this art or this piece of art was bequeathed to the college by William Neville and was looted from Benin in the Punitive Expedition of 1897. Something to that effect.

Which was basically, this art or this piece of art was bequeathed to the college by William Neville and was looted from Benin in the Punitive Expedition of 1897. Something to that effect.

I was embarrassed that I hadn't picked up on that. I know enough about African art and I'm familiar enough with what those kinds of antiques look like. My dad has been collecting similar work since I was a child.

I was embarrassed that I hadn't picked up on that. I know enough about African art and I'm familiar enough with what those kinds of antiques look like. My dad has been collecting similar work since I was a child.

I was embarrassed that I hadn't picked up on that. I know enough about African art and I'm familiar enough with what those kinds of antiques look like. My dad has been collecting similar work since I was a child.

Then the anger began to seep in because I'm just like, what on earth? Like, in what world is this okay? What is going on? And that to me was when the clock started turning and then we kind of set off down the rabbit hole.