Fifteen Colonial Thefts A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums

Free Download Fifteen Colonial Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums edited by Sela Adjei, Yann LeGall
English | August 20, 2024 | ISBN: 0745349528 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 7.9 MB
Debates around restitution and decolonizing museums continue to rage across the world. Artifacts, effigies, and ancestral remains are finally being accurately contextualized and repatriated to their homelands.

Fifteen Colonial Thefts amplifies and adds to these discussions, exploring the history of colonial violence in Africa through the prism of fifteen African belongings – all looted at the height of the imperial era and brought to Western museums.
Each chapter is accompanied by an original illustration, commissioned especially for the book, from established and emerging African artists, bringing these stories to life for the reader. With contributors from across the continents of Europe and Africa, including scientists, museum professionals, artists, and activists, the book illuminates the collective trauma and loss of cultural, historical, and spiritual knowledge that colonial theft engendered.