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Alaafin Vows to Reclaim Oyo Artefacts Stolen in 1895

 Oba Akeem Owoade, the newly appointed Alaafin of Oyo, has committed to the repatriation of cultural artefacts taken during the British expe...

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Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJul 10, 2023

How an African collection of art in Canada is celebrated with care and community
https://theconversation.com/how-an-african-collection-of-art-in-canada-is-celebrated-with-care-and-community-207094

Comment: An important collection but little mention of acquisition; no mention of cultural repatriation:

"From the early 1900s, cultural belongings from West Africa were placed on the art market directly from European, mainly French, colonies. Buyers and sellers were colonial officials, missionaries or in the military."
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#Africa #colonialism #AfricanArt #CulturalRepatriation

How an African collection of art in Canada is celebrated with care and community

Western approaches to studying African materials have had a colonial bias. A curator considers what it means to think of the collection as needing to exist in relation to communities.

The Conversation
Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJun 8, 2023

B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40K to bring it home

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-first-nation-buys-back-140-year-old-robe-paying-almost-40k-to-bring-it-home-1.6432024

The intricately woven Chilkat robe, made of mountain goat wool & yellow cedar bark, was purchased by the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in northwestern B.C. for almost $40,000 after it went up for sale online by a Toronto-based auction house last year

#CanadaFirstNations #CulturalTheft #looting #Chilkat #Tlingit #LootedArt #CulturalProperty #CulturalRepatriation #repatriation #persagen

B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40K to bring it home

A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it's as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home.

British Columbia