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Info zur deutschen Kolonialgewalt gegen Bangwa (Kamerun) & zu ihrem Kulturerbe in deutschen Museen von Dr. Charles Taku
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Respect & congrats to #RegARTless BringBackNgonnso/Nso Royal Objects n Linden museum REGARTLESS for this wonderful act of solidarity in community-based restitution.

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It was such as an emotional day for us yesterday as we welcomed the Fon of Fontem in our office as we prepare for the official hand over tomorrow.
Our priority remains communities.

March 21/22/23 : What about the status quo of the „Radical Democratic Museum „? Glad to be part of the Conference by @Nora Sternfeld & @Joachim Baur. With Irit Rogoff Natalie Bayer Fred von Bose Lynhan Balattat Helbock Julia Grosse etc. radikaldemokratisches.museum/konferenz

It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in all the injustices of the moment; the good news is that *they’re all connected.* So if your little corner of work involves pulling at one of the threads, you’re helping to unravel the whole damn cloth.

König Fontem Asabato fordert Rückgabe des Kulturguts der Bangwa (Kamerun) in Deutschland, ua Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum.

Henriette Reker Grüne Fraktion Köln KölnSPD Nanette Snoep Stefan Koldehoff Deutschlandfunk Kultur René Aguigah Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger WDR museumsfernsehen Markus Hilgert Andreas Audretsch and Christiane Kayser
h/t Charles Taku

Anna Bartels, director for Cultural Relations Policy at the Foreign Office calls this dialogue as a Milestones to restitution.

She highlights the foreign office support in this process of many levels: bilaterally and the major driver of dialogue on colonialism that is gaining…

14.-27. Januar besucht kamerunisches Restitutionskomitee Linden-Museum Stuttgart Weltkulturen Museum Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Landesmuseum Hannover, Grassi Leipzig Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Ethnolog. Museum Berlin Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, MARKK.

Historische Chance für Deutschland zur Rückgabe des geraubten Kulturguts BKM Kultur & Medien.

“We see repatriation as establishing a relationship of equals and emphasising Glasgow as an outward-looking modern city.

“This is about a 21st-century relationship rather than a historic relationship.” (Words by the City of Glasgow) theguardian.com/culture/2023/s…

I feel more than honored that Stefan Koldehoff has quoted my work and my institution Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in his Laudatio of the award ceremony “Kurator*innenpreis 2022”. Bravo to “Three Doors”, this was a brilliant exhibition!

Gestern durfte ich zur Verleihung des Kurator*innenpreises 2022 an Franziska Nori Frankfurter Kunstverein und Forensic Architecture /Forensis, Initiative 19. Februar Hanau, Initiative in Gedenken an InitiativeOuryJalloh für „Three Doors“ die Laudatio halten. Und habe was zu #Museen und Kunstvereinen 2023 gesagt. 1/2

Ein Dortmunder Museum lässt an vier Stunden in der Woche nur Schwarze Menschen und People of Color in eine Ausstellung – und wird dafür angefeindet. Nun ist der Staatsschutz involviert

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