COLUMNIST: KWAME OPOKU, DR.

Louvre Cements Grip On Looted African Artefacts With The New Galerie Des Cinq Continents

Feb 5, 2026 | Feature Article

lsquo; rsquo;In one way or another, an alien cultural heritage always alienates those who adopt it. Foreign c ...

Return of heads of King Toero and two other resistance fighters beheaded in 1897 by French troops. The human remains had been kept in Musee de l’Homme, Paris, France.

Restitution Day 2025: Remembrance And Reckoning

Nov 4, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo;A people who free themselves from foreign domination will be free culturally only if, without complexes and wi ...

Orthodox Christian Crosses, Magdala,Ethiopia,now in British Museum, London,United Kingdom.

Dining And Dancing In The Presence Of Stolen Gods And Looted Artefacts In The Br...

Oct 12, 2025 | Feature Article

The British Museum has announced that it will be holding a charity ball on 18 October 2025 to collect funds to further, ...

Anthropomorphic Okuyi mask, Punu, Gabon, now in Muse du Quai Branly- Jacques Chirac, Paris, France.

Will New French Restitution Law Lead To Release Of Gou And Others From French Mu...

Aug 21, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo; The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess ...

Djidji Aykw, Cte d’Ivoire, talking drum, seized by the French in 1916 and kept in various museums

France Returns Djidji Ayôkwé To Côte D’ivoire. Will Britain Return The Pokomo Dr...

Jul 31, 2025 | Feature Article

The French National Assembly has finally approved on 7 July 2025 the restitution to C ocirc;te d 39;Ivoire of the talki ...

Asante trophy head looted by the British in the 1874 invasion of Kumase, Ghana, now in Wallace Collection, London.

Defiant And Provocative British Museum

Jun 13, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo;Colonialism imposed its control of the social production of wealth through military conquest and subsequent po ...

One of the three looted Nok pieces that the French bought illegally at auction even though they knew they were looted.

Can Looted African Art Remain In France Because Of Alleged ‘mutation’?

May 29, 2025 | Feature Article

There is still such self-hatred that we evaluate the different options available to us by systematically choosing wh ...

Members of the notorious British Punitive Exhibition of 1897 posing proudly with looted Benin ivories and bronze objects.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Returns Looted Benin Artefacts to US Holder: Half-...

May 5, 2025 | Feature Article

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return to Robert Owen Lehman twenty- seven Benin artefacts while keeping five of t ...

Crowned head of an Ooni, Yoruba, Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abuja, Nigeria.

Loans: Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac ‘lends’ Looted African Artefacts

Mar 19, 2025 | Feature Article

39;Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dynami ...

Surviving Herero returning from Omaheke Desert where they had been driven by German troops after the Battle at Waterberg; two women in front were unable to stand.

How Long Must The Ovaherero Wait For Justice And Reparation For The German Genoc...

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

The heinous crimes and atrocious acts of German troops in their colonies in Africa are well-known, especially their geno ...

Anthropomorphic statue, King Ghzo, Dahomey, Republic of Benin, restituted in 2021 to Republic of Benin after 129 years of illegal detention in Paris, France.

Restitution Day 2024: Remembrance And Reckoning

Nov 9, 2024 | Feature Article

rsquo;Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dyna ...

The Asantehene has spoken: Bring back the Treasures the British Army stole from ...

Aug 28, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;The first room visited was one which during the day had been seen to be full of boxes, some of which, at all e ...

Anthropomorphic statue, King Ghzo, Dahomey, Republic of Benin. This is one of the Royal Dahomeyan statues that the French looted in 1832 and kept in France until restitution to the Republic of Benin on 10th November 2021.

Restitution Day: Remembrance And Reckoning

Jul 31, 2024 | Feature Article

As we stated in last year 39;s Restitution Day message, 39;On every Restitution Day,10 November, we shall take sto ...

Dr. Cory Gundlach, Curator, African Art, Stanley Museum, Iowa, USA, Iowa, USA, returning a Benin artefact to Oba Ewuare II, on 15July 2024.

Restitution with Dignity and Humility: Stanley Museum, University of Iowa, Retur...

Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Article

lsquo;The return of the Benin Bronzes is not just about the objects themselves, but about a broader movement towards ...

One of the potteries returned to the Uganda Museum, Kampala

Cambridge Museum Loans Ugandan Artefacts To Uganda. Will Loans Be The Future Sta...

Jul 7, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;Humanity 39;s moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely... rdquo; - Cheikh Anta Diop, Civilizatio ...

Do French Museums Still Need To Study Looted African Treasures?

May 26, 2024 | Feature Article

Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dynamic, a ...

Bangwa Queen, Bangwa, Cameroon, looted by German colonial agent, Gustav Conrau now with Muse Dapper, Paris, France

Are We Already In The Post-Restitution Period?

Apr 15, 2024 | Feature Article

lsquo;African art, like any great art, some would say, in any case, more than any other, and for a long time if n ...

Kwame Opoku, Dr.

Former Legal Adviser, United Nations Office, Vienna.. More Dr. Kwame Opoku writes about looted cultural objects