Looking to the Past to Create the Future
If you have Nigerian DNA from an ancestor enslaved in the Americas (Brazil, Caribbean, USA etc.) via the transatlantic slave trade, then you are a "DNA Descendant." If you wish to be considered at the ongoing negotiations for shared ownership of the iconic Benin bronzes -- our cultural property worth $30 billion -- we need …
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Today we are featured in the New York Post in the above referenced article by Isabel Vincent about our negotiations with The Met and the Oba of Benin to secure our co-ownership rights and interests in the $30 billion dollar slave trade Benin bronzes. Yesterday, we were featured on German TV (at 23:08 in linked video) discussing the slave trade …
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For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over by Graham Bowley Prodded by law enforcement, and pushed by foreign governments, American museums are increasingly returning artifacts to countries of origin, but critics wonder at what cost. One organization, the Restitution Study Group, has sued to block the Smithsonian’s transfers. Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, …
Speak up at the Smithsonian Board of Regents Annual Public Forum When Tuesday, December 13, 2022 -3:00pm - 4:00pm Where Live webcast at www.si.edu/regents/webcasts Who Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the SmithsonianSteve Case, Chair, Smithsonian Board of RegentsJorge Zamanillo, director, National Museum of the American LatinoLisa Sasaki, interim director, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum The Smithsonian Board …
The Restitution Study Group thanks you for your ongoing support of our innovative efforts to secure slavery justice. Our litigation and education campaigns targeting complicit corporations and other tainted entities is paving the way for restitution and reparations successes globally. We need your support to keep up the fight on the frontline. Please make a …
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The Restitution Study Group thanks you for your ongoing support of our innovative efforts to secure slavery justice. Our litigation and education campaigns targeting complicit corporations and other tainted entities is paving the way for restitution and reparations successes globally. We need your support to keep up the fight on the frontline. Please make a …
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November 26, 2022 Tina Daheley is joined by Herman Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation who oversees the work of 27 museums and cultural organizations in Germany; Annelize Kotze, Curator at the national Iziko Museums of South Africa; Alexander Herman, Director of the UK based Institute of Art and Law and author of …
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The tragedy of the Benin bronzes being taken from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 is certain, but the untold story of the relics must be acknowledged too. The 16th to 19th century Benin bronzes are Blood Metal -- made from melted metal bracelets called manillas, a currency paid to the Benin Kingdom in exchange for …
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani A group of African Americans has filed a lawsuit to stop the return of some Benin Bronzes from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC to Nigeria. They claim that the bronzes - looted by British colonialists in the 19th Century from the kingdom of Benin in what is now Nigeria - …
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