Looking to the Past to Create the Future
We are proud to announce two Out of Competition screenings of our short film "They Belong to All of Us: The Benin Bronze Slave Trade Story" at the Marche du Film in Cannes, France on May 25th, 2023. The first screening will be at the International Cellphone Cinema Showcase, 2pm at the Eden Hotel and …
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We watched the German Parliament debates today with great interest. MP Awet Tesfaiesus quoted Julius Nyrere to make an analogy between the taking of the Benin bronzes in 1897 and a person who visits your home and steals a jacket. She suggests they could never have proper ownership of your jacket, but: "If the jacket had the …
Ngaire Blankenberg quietly left the institution at the end of March For the third time in six years, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art is looking for a new director. Ngaire Blankenberg, a museum and cultural consultant who took up the post in July 2021, left the museum at the end of this …
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 …
Continue reading "Giving Tuesday is the perfect time to show your support…."
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