PDF-(BOOS)-Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat

A major new history of how African nations starting in the 1960s sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums In Africas Struggle for Its Art Bndicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history One of the worlds foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage Savoy investigates extensive previously unpublished sources to reveal that the roots of the struggle extend much further back than prominent recent debates indicate and that these efforts were covered up by myriad opponentsShortly after 1960 when eighteen former colonies in Africa gained independence a movement to pursue repatriation was spearheaded by African intellectual and political classes Savoy looks at pivotal events including the watershed speech delivered at the UN General Assembly by Zaires president Mobutu Sese Seko which started the debate regarding restitution of colonialera assets and resulted in the first UN resolution on the subject She examines how German museums tried to withhold information about their inventory and how the British Parliament failed to pass a proposed amendment to the British Museum Act which protected the countrys collections Savoy concludes in the mid1980s when African nations enacted the first laws focusing on the protection of their cultural heritageMaking the case for why restitution is essential to any future relationship between African countries and the West Africas Struggle for Its Art will shape conversations around these crucial issues for years to come. saturdayeveningpostcomvictoryordefeatpdf Victory in Defeat Victory in Defeat Introduction I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh things he brought us a tale of the days before the flood He went on a long journey was weary wornout with l 4
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