By Wazi Apoh and Andreas Mehler The debate on the restitution of colonially-‘acquired’ art objects from Africa is boiling in Paris and Berlin, but in other quarters of the world it has not even started. The silence in the United Kingdom and also in many of the concerned African countries is baffling. Just recently, German Secretaries of State, Monika Grütters and Michelle Müntefering published a high-profile article in the leading daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung with far-reaching sug..
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As African nations search for means to establish viable and authentic cultural identities, an increa...
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The discussion about objects, human remains and archives from former colonial territories is becomin...
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International audienceThe debate about restitution calls into question the Western production of cul...
In 2020, the conversation surrounding the return of cultural property acquired during the colonial e...
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The article begins by discussing changing modes of display for non-Western visual cultures in Wester...
This was an invited paper presented at Warwick University in 2006. It discusses the restitution of N...
Essay argues for the practice of museum deaccessioning for diversification as a form of restitution
This paper focus on selection and exhibition of works in various exhibitions of Africa Remix, and ex...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
The speech given in 2017 at the University of Ouagadougou by France’s president Emmanuel Macron and ...
The purpose of this research is to consider the question of Benin Bronze repatriation through the co...
As African nations search for means to establish viable and authentic cultural identities, an increa...
The destruction or loss of objects belonging to African cultural heritage, usually the result of his...
International audienceThis paper focuses on multiple voices, silent resistance and dynamics of infra...
The discussion about objects, human remains and archives from former colonial territories is becomin...
Almost no part of the world was unaffected by European colonisation. The largest European colonial ...
International audienceThe debate about restitution calls into question the Western production of cul...
In 2020, the conversation surrounding the return of cultural property acquired during the colonial e...
Writing in early 2013, Elizabeth A. Klesmith explores the challenges of African nations in protectin...
The article begins by discussing changing modes of display for non-Western visual cultures in Wester...
This was an invited paper presented at Warwick University in 2006. It discusses the restitution of N...
Essay argues for the practice of museum deaccessioning for diversification as a form of restitution
This paper focus on selection and exhibition of works in various exhibitions of Africa Remix, and ex...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
The speech given in 2017 at the University of Ouagadougou by France’s president Emmanuel Macron and ...
The purpose of this research is to consider the question of Benin Bronze repatriation through the co...