Looking to the Past to Create the Future
Benin City is in turmoil following the disrupted opening of the new Museum of West African Art (MOWAA). Amid this intensifying debate, BBC Newsday and BBC World News: Focus on Africa asked the Restitution Study Group (RSG) to share our perspective on the Benin Bronzes, their origins, and their future. BBC WORLD NEWS INTERVIEWS 1. BBC World News: Focus …
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Benin bronzes should be entrusted to descendants of the enslaved Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria erases the descendants of the enslaved Africans whose lives paid for these artifacts. …
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 …
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