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What Happens When Looted Artefacts Return Home?

ArtReview·29 Oct 2024

Filmmaker Mati Diop at a screening of Dahomey in 2024. — Mati Diop at a screening of Dahomey at Sea’nema in May 2024.4MAPS · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Originally published 29 October 2024. Added to AFROSCOPE Daily on 19 October 2026. This is historical coverage; dates, appointments and opportunities describe the source’s original reporting.

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Sarah Jilani reviews Mati Diop’s Dahomey, which follows 26 objects returning from France to Benin. Her essay considers how the documentary connects cultural restitution with the work of caring for collections and debates among Beninese students about colonial legacies and the terms of return.

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