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23-09-11

Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi: The...

When the information about a number of human skulls at various German institutions was disclosed to me in 2008, shortly after I returned from being Namibia’s...

23-09-11

Interview with Johanna Kahatjipara on the...

On the occasion of the repatriation of the mortal remains of Herero and Nama, who were killed by German troops during the Genocide of 1904-08, AfricAvenir...

23-09-11

Reise in ein umkämpftes Terrain - von...

Eine Delegation aus Namibia wird in Kürze in Berlin eintreffen, um die Schädel ihrer Vorfahren entgegenzunehmen. Was erwartet sie bei ihrem Besuchsprogramm in...

30-08-11

"Dutch Museum to sell African Collection"...

It is of course not our business to tell a museum how to conduct its affairs, writes Kwame Opoku, our concern is, however, the selling of African art objects ...

20-07-11

Revisiting Looted Nigerian Nok Terracotta...

Article by Kwame Opoku. After reviewing the great Ekpo Eyo’s last book Masterpieces of Nigerian Art which included images of the looted Nok sculptures, he...

nefertiti

04-05-11

Kwame Opoku: Nefertity in Absurdity: How...

Museums which turn requests for restitution of stolen/looted objects into political matters, instead of dealing with the demand, writes Kwame Opoku, are not...

Sara Baartman Screening AfricAvenir 2009 Gurirab, Katjavivi

04-05-11

Open letter to the MYNSSC, MICT, NBC, One...

History is always an exercise in looking back through glasses clouded with the dirt of our present moment. Despite differences, both historians and filmmakers...

04-05-11

Kwame Opoku: Auction of African Art by...

Dorotheum, an auction house in Vienna, Austria has announced for 3 May, 2011, an auction of African art objects from the collection of the late Prof. Dr....

14-04-11

Kwame Opoku: Damage to Precious Nigerian...

In an article entitled "European treatment harms African works?" in the Art Newspaper, (issue no.223. http://www.theartnewspaper.com) Martin...

zahi hawass with students

02-04-11

Kwame Opoku: Zahi Hawass Bounces Back

All those who thought with his resignation, Hawass was finished and that the question of restitution will now be posed in a new changed context, must be eating...

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Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

31-03-11

Kwame Opoku: Restitution and Recent...

The disorder, revolt or revolution in Egypt, writes Kwame Opoku, does not change the nature of the debate on restitution nor does it provide any convincing...

montezuma's crown

27-01-11

Kwame Opoku: Now is the Time for Austria...

According to information in the Austrian papers Standard, Kurier, and Kronen Zeitung, Austria seems finally willing to return the Montezuma Crown which Mexico...

gold mask kumasi ghana

06-01-11

Kwame Opoku: When will Britain Return...

Article by Kwame Opoku. A recent visit to London, he writes, "reminded me that apart from the British Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum many...

idia mask

03-01-11

Kwame Opoku: Reflections on the abortive...

Article by Kwame Opoku on the cancellation notice of the auction of Queen-Mother Idia mask on 4 December by Sotheby. What more does the cancellation tell us?...

Idia Mask

23-12-10

Kwame Opoku: They are selling...

Various media, including the Art Newspaper, and the Financial Times have reported that Sotheby’s, the auction house in London, will be auctioning a...

02-11-10

Kwame Opoku: Should Aesthetic...

We read with great interest an article by Tom L. Freudenheim, a former art museum director and former assistant secretary for museums at the Smithsonian...

10-05-10

Kwame Opoku: Reflections on the Cairo...

Article by Kwame Opoku writing about the Conference on International Cooperation for the Protection and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, which was held 7-8...

23-04-10

Kwame Opoku: Ile-Ife Triumphs in the...

Aricle by Kwame Opoku. It seems every generation of Westerners has to “discover” the extraordinary beauty and sophistication of African culture even though...

04-03-10

Press Release: Work of art looted during...

Berlin, 23 February 2010. The campaign alliance “125th Anniversary of the Berlin Africa Conference: commemoration, reappraisal, reparation”, consisting of more...

10-02-10

Kwame Opoku: A History of the World with...

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...

25-11-09

Workshop “Aktiv gegen Rassismus in...

Anlässlich der alternativen studentisch organisierten Veranstaltungen im Rahmen der Bildungsstreikwoche an der FU Berlin bietet AK Uni-Watch – Fighting Racism...

26-02-08

Namibian Bones in European Museums -...

Article by Kwame Opoku. When European ethnologists deny the intimate relationship of Ethnology/Anthropology and colonialism or assert that they tried to...

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