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07-02-12

German Acknowledgements a Milestone in...

The German Government’s  Director General for African Affairs is reported to have apologised on 1 February 2012 for the “atrocities” committed by the...

02-02-12

OCD-1904 Position on the present German...

Presented to Mr. Walter Lindner, Director General for African Affairs, of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of his audience...

21-12-11

Kwame Opoku: Nok Once More

In this article, columnist Kwame Opoku comments on a recent article by Karl- Ferdinand Schaedler in the catalogue accompanying the recent exhibition AFRIKA...

28-11-11

Open Memorandum to the German State and...

28 November 2011. It was reported that the German Ambassador to Namibia, 2011, on Wednesday, 16th November signed N$660 million agreement for infra-structure...

25-11-11

Press Release: The “Hidden Agenda” Claim...

In reacting to the German Ambassador to Namibia, Egon Kochanke, who was quoted last week as saying Namibians who collected the skulls from Germany had a...

05-10-11

"Verpasste Gelegenheit - Schädelübergabe...

Mit Sorge (wenn nicht Entrüstung) ließ sich das unrühmliche Spektakel der vergangenen Woche in der deutschen Hauptstadt aus der Perspektive jener...

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...

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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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

L’objet d’art confisqué comme butin de...

Berlin, 23 février 2010, La campagne « 125e anniversaire  de la Conférence Africaine de Berlin : se souvenir, assumer, réparer », portée par plus de 75...

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