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A loan deal for the Asante artefacts offers an opportunity for these objects to return home.
Through collector Jordan’s fetishistic interest in Asian women, Beef shows the troubling link between collecting artefacts and sexual control.
The huge gathering of policymakers focused on culture’s crucial role in sustainable development.
Momentum is growing for the restitution of objects, such as the Benin Bronzes, stolen during colonialism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
While some German museums are returning some of the famous Benin Bronzes, most remain in museums in the UK and the US even as calls for restitution grow.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria
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Associate Professor, University of Kinshasa
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Professor, University of Hamburg
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Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Associate Researcher, University of Hamburg
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Zimbabwe
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Lecturer in Modern History, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney
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Maritime-Underwater Archaeologist and PhD Candidate on Archaeology (Humanities), Flinders University
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Marine Heritage Analyst and PhD Candidate, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University
