Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage
The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics is a report written by Senegalese academic and writer Felwine Sarr and French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, first published online in November 2018 in a French original version and an authorised English translation.
Royal statue from historical kingdom of Dahomey, representing King Béhanzin with features of a shark
Statue from Nigeria in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
Female statue with bowl, Bamileke, Cameroon, in Musée du Quai Branly
Royal statues of Dahomey in quai Branly museum, before their restitution to Benin at the end of 2021
Bénédicte Savoy is a French art historian, specialising in the critical enquiry of the provenance of works of art, including looted art and other forms of illegally acquired cultural objects.
Bénédicte Savoy in 2018