Randa Abdelfattah
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Ore went back and forth to classes and meals and activities, surrounded by these images of past school chancellors, donors, alumni. It just became part of the background. Maybe that's why, at first, she didn't notice the one object in the dining hall that would change the course of her life.
Ore went back and forth to classes and meals and activities, surrounded by these images of past school chancellors, donors, alumni. It just became part of the background. Maybe that's why, at first, she didn't notice the one object in the dining hall that would change the course of her life.
Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.
Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.
Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.
But it wouldn't take long for that feeling of embarrassment to turn into something else.
But it wouldn't take long for that feeling of embarrassment to turn into something else.
But it wouldn't take long for that feeling of embarrassment to turn into something else.
That rabbit hole would take Ore on a years-long journey to uncover how the rooster statue was looted, its journey to her college at Cambridge University, and the fight to return it to Nigeria.
That rabbit hole would take Ore on a years-long journey to uncover how the rooster statue was looted, its journey to her college at Cambridge University, and the fight to return it to Nigeria.
That rabbit hole would take Ore on a years-long journey to uncover how the rooster statue was looted, its journey to her college at Cambridge University, and the fight to return it to Nigeria.
On this episode of ThruLine from NPR, the journey of the Cambridge Benin Bronze and the war over artifacts.
On this episode of ThruLine from NPR, the journey of the Cambridge Benin Bronze and the war over artifacts.
On this episode of ThruLine from NPR, the journey of the Cambridge Benin Bronze and the war over artifacts.