Ep. 105: Repatriation of Museum Objects, Part 1

This week, we are sharing expertise from Souleymane Bachir Diagne who spoke on a panel last October as part of "Repatriation of Museum Objects" for Cornell University's Institute for European Studies. Next week, we will be sharing the expertise of Cécile Fromont, another of the event's panelists, as part 2 of this episode.In the news, Kim and Rachel talk about recent events in Ethiopia and Niger, how food security affects us all, and the recent transfer of power in the United States.Books, Links, & ArticlesFemale Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa by Nwando AchebWomen and the War on Boko Haram: Wives, Weapons, Witnesses by Hilary MatfessRestituer le Patrimoine Africain by Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy"Bobi Wine and the Fraught Elections in Uganda" by Global Dispatches podcast hosted by Mark Leon Goldberg"Crisis in Mozambique" by Global Dispatches podcast hosted by Mark Leon Goldberg"What to Watch in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021" by Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris, Yemi Adamolekun, Lina Benabdallah, Will Brown, Maria E. Burnett, Emilia Columbo, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Hilary Matfess, Kyle Murphy, Rafiq Raji, Jon Temin, and Laird Treiber"Risk of Famine in Four Countries, Warns UN Agencies’ Report" by World Food Programme"Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Poem" by CNN"The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics" by Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy"A Regional Action Plan for the Return of African Cultural Property to Their Countries of Origin" by ECOWAS"Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution" by Open Society Foundations"How African Body Markings Were Used to Construct the Idea of Race in Colonial Brazil" by Aldair Rodrigues"Martin Luther King Jnr., Pan-African" by&Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.