Will Provenance Research Delay Restitution Of Looted African Artefacts? Listen to article
“The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess thanks to the colonial system and are now being demanded, must also not be postponed with cheap arguments and tricks.” Gert v. Paczensky and Herbert Ganslmayr,
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There have been in recent months a lot of references to provenance research whenever there is talk of restitution of looted African artefacts that are in Western museums and institutions.(2) The impression often arises as if provenance research and restitution were inextricably linked. Some supporters of provenance research make it clear that the two are not necessarily linked.(3)
Feb. 18—Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month? Look no further than the African Cultural Club's poetry slam this weekend. The African Cultural Club (ACC) began in November 2017 at the University of Minnesota, Rochester (UMR), organizing Black History celebrations, ethics workshops, and its most popular event — the Black History Month poetry slam, organized by poet Amarachi .
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Check out the temporary profile picture of Damon Sajnani, assistant professor in UW-Madison’s African Cultural Studies. When he is not teaching about racist whites, institutional racism and rapping about revolution, he is selling t-shirts that say “George Bush is the real terrorist”.
His profile photo says a lot about him. He took an iconic Thanksgiving photo and put
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The University of Wisconsin is offering a course this spring on the “Problem of Whiteness,” which is taught by a radical assistant professor who believes America is a terrorist state, the Free Beacon reports.
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Heritage activist Mwazulu Diyabanza, from Congo, has been on a grabbing spree of African artefacts in European museums that were stolen from former colonies. His actions have left him with a total bill of $9,771 in fines.
What is driving Diyabanza to take ethnographic collections that are on display in museums across Europe? It’s his frustration with stringent ancient laws that go back to the 16th century in most European countries that consider cultural heritage materials stolen from Africa as “inalienable”.
Diyabanza, 41, has always defended himself on the basis that his actions cannot be considered theft because the objects were already stolen property.
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