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The politics of looted African art: The history of colonial art restitution is largely one of inaction. But with renewed calls for stolen cultural obj...

Many countries have begun to return pieces that were looted during periods of colonization. Experts are also researching the origins of stolen collections. Some parties, however, have resisted coming to agreements

Belgium's main museum dedicated to Africa has started delving into the origins of its enormous collection, as a first step towards possible restitution of items that were obtained in violent ways during colonial times.Though Belgium is plunging into the issue now, restitution requests were sent starting in the late 1960s by Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of the country that at that time was known as Zaire.

Belgiums main museum dedicated to Africa has started delving into the origins of its enormous collection, as a first step towards possible restitution of items that were obtained in violent

In September 2023, one year after the launch of the PROCHE project, Bart Ouvry, director of the AfricaMuseum, the former colonial museum built by Leopold II near Brussels, travelled to Kinshasa (...)

Feature: AfricaMuseum in Brussels rethinks colonial history-

The Royal Museum for Central Africa, also called the Africa Museum in Tervuren, has inaugurated a new room that focuses on racism.

By Ghislain Zobiyo and Pan Geping

Plus, a diplomat takes the helm at Belgium's AfricaMuseum and Rachel Rossin joins Magenta Plains.

AFP – Twilight settles on Bamako, and traffic starts to clog the roads on the banks of the mighty Niger River. But something else is stirring on the river’s brownish waters: ripples from a boat, moored to a bank, where 12 young dancers are pounding the boards to the sound of tomtoms. To the bemusement […]