As we bid farewell to 2024, the Restitution Study Group reflects on its continued mission to advocate for reparatory justice, corporate accountability for antebellum slavery, and the true provenance and proper ownership of cultural property. This year, we have made significant strides in raising awareness about the slave trade origin of the Benin Bronzes by …
Justice Pilgrimage: Reparations Leader Documents Benin Bronzes Controversy in Washington, D.C.
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, Executive Director of the Restitution Study Group, a 24-year-old New York City-based reparatory justice organization, recently visited Washington, D.C. on a mission to pray for justice for enslaved ancestors, truth, and the future of Afrodescendants. The visit was in anticipation of an upcoming decision by the US Supreme Court to review a writ …
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Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, Et Al. v Smithsonian Institution Explore the landmark legal battle over the transfer of 29 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. This book is a commemorative copy of the "Petition for Writ of Certiorari" challenging the Smithsonian's actions, emphasizing the bronzes' significance to descendants of enslaved Africans and advocating for their retention in the U.S. …
Black Group Brings Benin Bronze Case Against Smithsonian to US Supreme Court
On May 28, 2024, the Restitution Study Group, Inc., a New York based reparatory justice organization led by Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, officially filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The petition seeks to address significant legal questions surrounding the Smithsonian Institution's recent actions regarding the repatriation …
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Restitution Study Group Takes Corporate Complicity and Slavery to Cannes with Explosive New Film New York, NY – May 19, 2024 – The Restitution Study Group (RSG) is set to make waves at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival with their groundbreaking film, Dry Bones: Corporate Complicity and Slavery. The short documentary film trailer, financed by a …
RESTITUTION STUDY GROUP DELIVERS AFRODESCENDANT BENIN BRONZE OWNERSHIP CLAIM ON FLOOR OF UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA
https://videopress.com/v/rohMkDNw?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, Harlem USA's Ambassador to the UN, and Antonio Isuperio of Brazil deliver the Restitution Study Group’s Benin bronze ownership claim for Afrodescendants at the United Nations. Geneva, Switzerland – April 18, 2024 – Today, Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, Harlem, USA's Ambassador to the United Nations, and Antonio Isuperio …
Afrodescendants Express Their Claim To Benin Bronzes At United Nations Event And Demand To Be Heard
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - At an official side event of the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, on Saturday April 13, 2024, at 10 am ET, global descendants of enslaved Africans forcefully stated their ownership claim to the famous Benin Bronzes through the Restitution Study Group (RSG). The event featured …
GLOBAL FILM SCREENING/ Q&A
Join us Saturday, April 13th, 10:00am ET for a virtual film screening and Q&A on the Afrodescendant effort to secure repatriation of the iconic slave trade Benin bronzes! An official side event of the 3rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.
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THE STOLEN WEALTH OF SLAVERY: A Case for Slavery Reparations When journalist David Montero reached out to me a few years back to discuss my work exposing corporations complicit in slavery, I had no idea his book was aimed at building a case for reparations. I thought we had already done that. But Montero takes …
ANCESTRAL DEDICATIONS START AT BENIN BRONZE MUSEUMS IN LONDON, SATURDAY 2nd, DECEMBER 2023
Join the Maangamizi Educational Trust, Decolonising the Archive, the Restitution Study Group and friends on Saturday 2nd December 2023 at the entrance of the British Museum and the Horniman Museum for an Ancestral Dedication. The Ancestral Dedication themed Maangamizi (Afrikan Hellacaust) Bronzes is in remembrance and honour of our Ancestors who were trafficked and enslaved for the metal manillas refabricated into the Benin bronzes as …
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