French Parliament adopts law on restitution of human remains to foreign states
The three skulls from the ancient Sakalave kingdom of Madagascar, like the remains of Australian aborigines now kept at the Museum of Man in Paris, will soon be News
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The three skulls from the ancient Sakalave kingdom of Madagascar, like the remains of Australian aborigines now kept at the Museum of Man in Paris, will soon be News
The proposed laws address items looted during World War 2, human remains, and other looted objects, including those from the colonial era.
The restoration of a bronze statue in the birthplace of the French author triggered an outpouring of racist vitriol.
After restoration work darkened the statue of Victor Hugo, uproar and vandalism followed
<p>The statue in the author's birth city of Besançon has become a lightning rod for controversy after a restoration aimed at returning to the vision of Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow was seen as presenting the author as Black. </p>