Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dynamic, and prosperous, whole and not mutilated; that it would have been better to let them develop and fulfil themselves than to present for our admiration, duly labeled, their dead and scattered parts; that anyway, the museum by itself is nothing; that it means nothing, vanity. can say nothing, when smug self-satisfaction rots the eyes, when a secret contempt for others withers the he
Zimbabweans suffer from selective amnesia, a peculiar variant that affects their political thinking. I will call it selective amnesia: politics (Sapo). Amnesia .
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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,
Nofretete will nach Hause. (1)
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)