Report commissioned by Macron will recommend restitution of artworks taken during colonial era Experts appointed by Emmanuel Macron will advise him this week to allow the return of thousands of African artworks held in French museums, a radical shift in policy that could put pressure on other former colonial powers, including the UK, to follow suit. Calls have been growing in Africa for the restitution of its cultural treasures, but French law strictly forbids the government from ceding state pr...
Report commissioned by Macron will recommend restitution of artworks taken during colonial era Experts appointed by Emmanuel Macron will advise him this week to allow the return of thousands of African artworks held in French museums, a radical shift in policy that could put pressure on other former colonial powers, including the UK, to follow suit. Calls have been growing in Africa for the restitution of its cultural treasures, but French law strictly forbids the government from ceding state pr...
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