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The scientific discourse about Africa has been overwhelmingly owned by the West/North. In fact, discourse ownership has been one of the most efficient instruments of Western/Northern domination in the post-colonial era. This section sets out to contribute to the solidification of an Africa-centred discourse by identifying, collecting and structuring scientific Africa-centred online content.
Kwame Opoku: Reflections on the Cairo Conference on Restitution: Encouraging Beginning
Article by Kwame Opoku writing about the Conference on International Cooperation for the Protection and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, which was held 7-8 April 2010, Cairo, Egypt and which ended with demands for the return of certain cultural artefacts... |+| read article
Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III: L’indépendance, il y a cinquante ans ! L’indépendance, depuis cinquante ans ?
Conférence inaugurale du Forum de Dialogue d'AfricAvenir International e.V. par le Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III. sur les 50 ans des indépendances africaines. Kurt-Schuhmacher-Haus, Berlin, 15 avril 2010. "(...) Les indépendances des années soixante et... |+| read article
Joy Onyejiako: The ‘Kingdom of Ife’: African art at the British Museum
An exhibition of art from the Nigerian Kingdom of Ife at the British Museum isn’t only exquisitely beautiful, it is ‘something of absolute historical importance’, writes Joy Onyejiako. But given the low-key public response to the show, how much will it... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Ile-Ife Triumphs in the British Museum, London. Who said Nigerians were incapable of looking after their cultural artefacts?
Aricle by Kwame Opoku. It seems every generation of Westerners has to “discover” the extraordinary beauty and sophistication of African culture even though Europe and Africa have been in contact, at the latest, since 15th century when the Portuguese sailed... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: A History of the World with 100 Looted Objects of Others: Global Intoxication?
Article by Kwame Opoku on the occasion of the the British Museum and the BBC announcement of a programme with the title: “A History of the World in 100 Objects”. A pretence, writes Kwame Opoku, to serving the whole world, a title which indicates a wider... |+| read article
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