welcome to your africa true story
africa shows the world it's more than
capable of taking care of its own art
and artifacts recently visitors enjoyed
the large national museum of egyptian
civilization
in the ancient city of fastat now parts
of cairo
after its opening after the overnight
arrival of 22
royal mummies from the egyptian museum
in tahrir
in a royal procession this was important
because it showed the west
that africa is more than capable of
taking care of its
own arts despite arguments western
museums make
as they try to justify why they still
have stolen african arts in their
museums
to this day together with senegal's
museum of black civilizations
the largest museum of black civilization
on the planet
and many other states of the arts
museums
popping all over africa the time for
africa's art to come home
is now estimates suggest that 80 to 90
percent of sub-saharan africa's cultural
heritage
is currently held outside the continent
onyekachiwambu executive director of the
african foundation for development
a ford said during colonial rule in
africa
millions of cultural arts effects were
plundered and destroyed by europeans
who wanted to erase africans in african
culture
as they plan to steal the whole
continent as they successfully did in
north america
australia and new zealand where the
natives are now the minority
in their own land or completely
eradicated
but to their surprise africans fought
this attempt to then
and are still fighting it now these
objects are of great
artistic cultural religious and sacred
and economic value there have been loud
calls for their return from the moment
they were taken
often in violent encounters
for decades african countries have
demanded their stolen art back
but major museums across europe are
still
using excuses like africans don't know
how to look
after art as to why we can't have our
stolen property back
why is the stolen art ever so important
you ask
well this is because it is one part of a
bigger picture
of what africans are really demanding
from the west
the eight r's the eight arrows have
often worked as a continuum
of one broader movement seeking
recognition and acknowledgement of the
crimes of slavery and colonialism
remembrance of the victims restoration
of
dignity restitution of physical
artifacts in african remains
financial and psychological reparations
and healing physical and mental
reconnections between
the severed african world physical human
return and then finally
holistic reconstruction of african
societies
now that africa is beyond capable of
taking care of its own art
it's time for all african countries with
stolen arts and artifacts
to demand it back from western museums
and rich
private collectors let us know what else
you
think africans can demand from the west
in the comments below
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