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Counter-Investigation of Researchers-Pillers From Dakar to Djibouti

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At the Musée du Quai Branly, a beautiful and rich exhibition that innovatively sheds light on the question of the return of stolen objects to Africans. In 1931, a dozen ethnology researchers, an emerging discipline, went to Africa to investigate and collect. On the spot, they behaved like thieves. Today, at the Musée du Quai Branly, a tenth of the collection was exhibited. Each of the 300 pieces was examined by African and French specialists who…
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At the Musée du Quai Branly, a beautiful and rich exhibition that innovatively sheds light on the question of the return of stolen objects to Africans. In 1931, a dozen ethnology researchers, an emerging discipline, went to Africa to investigate and collect. On the spot, they behaved like thieves. Today, at the Musée du Quai Branly, a tenth of the collection was exhibited. Each of the 300 pieces was examined by African and French specialists who…

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Mondafrique broke the news in on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
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