The Abolition of Museums of African Art

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October 21 2021 The Abolition of Museums of African Art Patrice Nganang Patrice Nganang Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University. patrice.nganang@stonybrook.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Patrice Nganang Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University. patrice.nganang@stonybrook.edu Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (4): 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00609 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Patrice Nganang; The Abolition of Museums of African Art. African Arts 2021; 54 (4): 5–7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00609 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search The way a debate is framed decides upon the kinds of questions it raises. Such is the case with the retrocession of African art that is present in Western museums to the African continent where it came from. The history of the debate itself could be a matter of another debate, as well as where the questions came from and who raises them. But these are more matters of dispute, than of reasoning. At a time when issues of minority and citizen rights are thrust in the forefront of people's attention—BLM, les gilets jaunes, etc.—the call to restitute African pieces of art gains a traction that is informed by the will of Emmanuel Macron to unearth a debate of the 1970s by asking the same question whose answers were already voiced during... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content.