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Benin to Berlin Ethnologisches Museum: Are Benin Bronzes made in Berlin?

Kwame Opoku argues for the restitution of stolen cultural and religious objects from Africa. He states: “The African demand for the return of the stolen cultural objects will not disappear for many of these objects are expressions of the deepest feelings of a way of life, an understanding of the universe and religious expressions.” [Full Text Article, pdf]

Posted on Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm and is filed under E-Library, AfricAvenir, African Renaissance, History, Religion, Arts, International Cooperation, Racism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Benin to Berlin Ethnologisches Museum: Are Benin Bronzes made in Berlin?”

  1. Benin to Berlin Ethnologisches Museum: Are Benin Bronzes made in Berlin? « Sociolingo’s Africa Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

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