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Controversy. There has been controversy surrounding the Royal Museum for Central Africa. It had previously been called a museum that "has remained frozen in time". No mention was made of the pillage of resources and atrocities in the Congo Free State, nor during Belgium's larger colonial era.
Jul 11, 2023
Jun 11, 2023 · After facing years of heavy criticism nationally and internationally, the museum worked with a group of experts from the African diaspora in Belgium to rethink ...
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Jul 25, 2023 · Africa's Stolen Art Debate Is Frozen in Time Europe's arguments against restitution have ignored the legitimate claims of African scholars and governments for ...
Jan 28, 2024 · In 2018, a report by specialists Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr argued that Paris should respond positively to African demands for the restitution of objects ...
May 15, 2023 · Belgium, finally, has begun to confront the reality of its imperial past. In 2018, the Royal Museum for Central Africa, located in a Brussels suburb called ...
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Jan 8, 2024 · The moment has cast an especially unforgiving light on the British Museum's controversial deaccession policy, which restricts the board of trustees from ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Amidst the controversy about looted art and the discussion about provenance research and how to curate sensitive exhibitions, Arts.21 joined the head of the ...
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Oct 19, 2023 · AbstractThis chapter demonstrates the centrality of the human body as site of colonial violence. It shows that human remains were taken as war trophies, co.
Jan 29, 2024 · This documentary recounts how Belgium's rubber trade in Central Africa rested upon racism, forced labor, terror, and brutal physical punishments (90 mins).