Benin welcomes call for France to return treasures
146 views · Published 22 November 2018 · 0:44 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
African museum directors welcome an expert report calling on France to allow the return of thousands of African treasures and artworks, a radical policy shift that could put pressure on other former colonial powers. Calls have been growing in Africa for restitution, but French law strictly forbids the government from ceding state property, even in well-documented cases of pillaging.
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