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A leading Cambridge University college in the UK has removed an African bronze cockerel from display in response to a student campaign.
Jesus College said it would hold discussions about the future of the Benin bronze, known as Okukor, including its repatriation to Nigeria as demanded by the students union.
The move follows the Rhodes Must Fall campaign at Oxford University, which demanded the removal of a statue of the British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
Student groups are due to march through Oxford later today to demand the removal of statues associated with Britain’s imperial past.
The campaign started in South Africa, where students forced the removal of Rhodes’ statue from the University of Cape Town last year.
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