Open Restitution Africa Aug 24, 2020
Open Restitution Africa Africa Centered, Africa led For over 150 years, African material heritage and the bones of our ancestors were taken from the continent and housed in museums across the world. Today, a conversation is happening about their return back to Africa The time is now for honest, open dialogue that centers the African experience. Transparency, access and centralized information for a knowledge centered debate on restitution of African heritage.
See related:
- Walter Rodney Seminar: “Visible Histories, Invisible Data: Documenting the Histories of Migrated Objects and Archives in Africa”
- Visible Histories, Invisible Data: Documenting the Histories of Migrated Objects and Archives in Africa
- Open Restitution Africa
- The Africa Map Circle – “Explorations”
- The African Historical Graphics Archive
- The Africa Map Circle – Introduction & Digital Resource Directory
- Introduction to the BU African Studies/Afriterra “Mapping Africa” Workshop
- Selected Online Links to the Africa Mapping Project
- Learning Under Lockdown: Some Tools & Tips for Online Learning About Africa & the World
- Mapping the Slave Trade: 1556-1823 – A Digital Humanities Project
- Images of early maps on the web – 5. Africa (& the islands) by Tony Campbell
- What is the “Africa Map Circle?” What does it Do? What can it help me do? [Excerpt of “Looted Past”]
- Future of Africa-based Curatorial Practice Workshop | Harvard University Center for African Studies
- Curating a Fractured Past: The Role of Museums, Maps, Manuscripts, Prints, Rare Books, Photos, Artifacts, Literature & the Arts in Embracing Our Common Humanity on a Finite Planet
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