Repatriating African Artefacts (rerun)

90-95% of Africa’s cultural heritage is held overseas, with Benin Bronzes languishing in museum basements all over the world for around 125 years. the British Museum containing over 73,000 items from the continent alone. Asante Royal artefacts sit at the V&A, Met Museum and Royal Family. Germany possesses the skulls of Tanzanian chiefs, upsetting the local community and natural order. We discuss how these items were taken forcefully by colonial agency, and how African countries are calling for the return of their treasures.

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Repatriating African Artefacts (rerun) is an episode from It's a Continent by W!ZARD Studios.

This episode is 00:23:31 long.

This episode was published on Oct 14, 2024.

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