Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage
Book by Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr
The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics is a report written by Senegalese academic and writer Felwine Sarr and French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, first published online in November 2018 in a French original... Wikipedia
Originally published: November 21, 2018
Authors: Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr
Commissioned by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, the aim of the report was to assess the history and present state of publicly owned French collections ...
“The conservation of culture has saved the various African peoples from the attempts at erasing the history and soul of Africa's peoples […] and if it [culture ...
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Jan 31, 2019 · The Report. The Sarr-Savoy Report On the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage, Toward a New Relational Ethics is a 252-page bilateral ...
Aug 25, 2020 · This report is the first document produced on the subject at the request of a government and therefore opens the way for reflection in other ...
They call for a gradual restitution of a portion of African cultural heritage. President Macron has designated 26 objects to be immediately returned. However, ...
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Nov 12, 2019 · A new Open Society initiative will support efforts to return cultural inheritances that were taken from Africa to their rightful homes.
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Jan 30, 2019 · The report, The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics, was delivered to President Macron one year after the ...
Oct 21, 2019 · Authors of “The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage” report discuss the return of African objects to their native countries at ...
Nov 23, 2018 · The President commissioned the report in March, following his speech at the University of Ouagadougou on 28 November 2017, in which he expressed ...