The issue of returning African art to its original owners is a perennial question that is now being answered in the affirmative. European art institutions have now begun to return these precious artifacts to their rightful owners. Below find information about this debate as well as a look at some of the museums that exist on the African continent
NOTE: This informational blog is compiled by and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD
The Stolen Art of Africa: A German documentary https://tinyurl.com/3rbyvbsc https://tinyurl.com/yk9fm25b
Aljazeera report https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/10/29/should-stolen-african-art-be-returned
Columbia University Symposium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkb7wjBPHaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rRGojAoLs
The Benin Bronzes and the British Museum (Pluto Press) https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745346229/the-brutish-museums/
France, Germany, and Portugal https://tinyurl.com/ybj8dem7
There are Museums in Africa
Senegal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI4r2aeDN7Q
South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNT0hQDoNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXSJwXAN1o
Nigeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPndXrvOJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLscOy5QFU
Kenya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNo_bTNMY-Q
Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xT-pJZz6tQ