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Africa's Struggle for Its Art - History of a Postcolonial Defeat (Hardcover)
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Africa's Struggle for Its Art - History of a Postcolonial Defeat (Hardcover)
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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 Africa's Struggle for Its Art, Benedicte Savoy brings
to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of
the world's 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Savoy investigates extensive, previously unpublished sources to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 opponents. Shortly 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 Zaire's president,
Mobutu Sese Seko, which started the debate regarding restitution of
colonial-era 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 country's collections. Savoy concludes in the
mid-1980s, when African nations enacted the first laws focusing on
the protection of their cultural heritage. Making the case for why
restitution is essential to any future relationship between African
countries and the West, Africa's Struggle for Its Art will shape
conversations around these crucial issues for years to come.
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