Der 25. Februar gilt als unvergessliches  Datum: die willkürliche Aufteilung und Grenzziehung der afrikanischen Länder wurde von der Berliner Konferenz beschlossen.

So ist die Aufteilung Afrikas in Berlin ein Bestandteil deutscher kolonialer  ...

Images of recent disturbances from Tahir Square, Cairo, in January and February 2011, will make anybody who intends to send anything, including cultural artefacts, to Egypt, very hesitant. (2) Also, the looting of artefacts from the Egyptian Museum,  ...

At the height of the protest organized by the Nigeria Liberty Forum against a proposed auction of a Queen-Mother Idia hip-mask by the Galway family at Sotheby’s in December 2010, it was reported that the Nigerian government was in discussions  ...

Le 26 février 1885 est une date mémorable pour l'Afrique. Elle marque le partage de l'Afrique. En effet, lors de la conférence de Berlin (nov.1884-février 1885) les puissances occidentales ont décidé du sort de l'Afrique.14 nations se sont  ...

I read with interest and sometimes, with astonishment the article by Professor John Picton, Emeritus Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in the Art Newspaper of 24 January 2011, entitled

“Compromise, negotiate, support”. (1)  ...

The latest argument for detaining Nefertiti is clear evidence that the holders of the cultural property of others have no valid reason for depriving them of their cultural symbols. (2)

It is established that there is no requirement in Municipal or  ...

According to information in the Austrian papers Standard, Kurier, and Kronen Zeitung, Austria seems finally willing to return the Montezuma Crown which Mexico has been claiming for decades without any success. (1) It appears the return will be a  ...

A recent visit to London reminded me that apart from the British Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum many other museums in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom are still holding onto African cultural artefacts which, to put it  ...

The cancellation notice of the auction of Queen-Mother Idia mask on 4 December by Sotheby’s could not have been shorter:

“The Benin Ivory Pendant Mask and other items consigned by the descendants of Lionel Galway which Sotheby’s had announced for  ...