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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.
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.
When the University of Cape Town discovered skeletons in its archive that had been unethically obtained and used, they set about restoring justice to the bones and the community they came from.
Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
A survey shows that support for land reform in South Africa differs according to race.
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing.
After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, the previously oppressed and dispossessed black majority hoped for constitutional restitution of their land. This has largely failed.
Land issues are increasingly at the centre of politics in South Africa, but the debate needs fresh ideas.
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council
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Campus Principal: Strategic Leadership and Management, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria
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