Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.In 2001 the UK National Census recorded that more than 1 in 20 Londoners were of black African descent, a figure that has continued to rise in the years since. Modern British life and culture now have a strong African component. This development is merely the latest chapter in the history of relations between Africa and western Europe, and in that long and turbulent history the Benin Bronzes, as they used to be known, hold a unique place.
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by giving an anecdote that makes the reader interested in modern British lifeB
by providing a quotation that makes the reader interested in current census dataC
by presenting a series of interesting facts that make the reader curious about the significance of the Benin BronzesD
by providing a description of the Benin Bronzes that makes the reader interested in how they were made