The Repatriation of African Heritage: Shutting the Door on the Imperialist Narrative
- Title
- The Repatriation of African Heritage: Shutting the Door on the Imperialist Narrative
- Description
- This article is written in recognition of the repatriation movement, which is going through a renaissance in relation to the cultural heritage of African peoples. The collecting of African cultural heritage without free, prior and informed consent was a feature of colonialism. This article highlights the vulnerability of past and present African heritage in the light of the ‘imperialist narrative’. The imperialistic narrative accompanied the act of colonialism in Africa and enabled the taking of African heritage to public and private collections in Europe and America where many remain.
- Creator
- Batt, Fiona
- Publisher
- Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press
- Date Issued
- 2021
- Bibliographic Citation
- African Human Rights Yearbook; Vol. 5 p328 (2021)
- Source
- Open access e-journal