Senegal : At new Museum of Black Civilizations, a call to come home

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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In the Spirit of Sankofa,




At new Museum of Black Civilizations, a call to come home


https://www.yahoo.com/news/museum-black-civilizations-call-come-home-090822268.html
...He wants the thousands of pieces of cherished heritage taken from the continent over the centuries to come home.


AMELIA NIERENBERG
Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, a wall of Quranic inscriptions hangs in a gallery dedicated to Abrahamic religions in Africa, seen in a Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal. The new museum in Dakar is the latest sign that welcoming spaces across the continent are being prepared. Focusing on Africa and its diaspora, it has been decades in the making. (AP Photo/Amelia Nierenberg)

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, Senegalese president Macky Sall, center, cuts a ribbon in the colors of the Senegalese flag, surrounded by foreign dignitaries in Dakar, Senegal. The new museum in Dakar is the latest sign that welcoming spaces across the continent are being prepared. Focusing on Africa and its diaspora, it has been decades in the making. (AP Photo/Amelia Nierenberg)

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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In the Spirit of Thread Consolidation,


Africans cheer call for France to return treasures


https://destee.com/threads/africans-cheer-call-for-france-to-return-treasures.92065/

Of the estimated 90,000 African artworks in French museums, around 70,000 are at Paris' Quai Branly museum (AFP Photo/GERARD JULIEN)