{"product_id":"africas-struggle-for-its-art-history-of-a-postcolonial-defeat-hardcover","title":"Africa's Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBénédicte Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusanne Meyer-Abich\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In \u003ci\u003eAfrica's Struggle for Its Art\u003c\/i\u003e, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the world's foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage, Savoy investigates extensive, previously unpublished sources to reveal that the roots of the struggle extend much further back than prominent recent debates indicate, and that these efforts were covered up by myriad opponents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly after 1960, when eighteen former colonies in Africa gained independence, a movement to pursue repatriation was spearheaded by African intellectual and political classes. Savoy looks at pivotal events, including the watershed speech delivered at the UN General Assembly by Zaire's president, Mobutu Sese Seko, which started the debate regarding restitution of colonial-era assets and resulted in the first UN resolution on the subject. She examines how German museums tried to withhold information about their inventory and how the British Parliament failed to pass a proposed amendment to the British Museum Act, which protected the country's collections. Savoy concludes in the mid-1980s, when African nations enacted the first laws focusing on the protection of their cultural heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking the case for why restitution is essential to any future relationship between African countries and the West, \u003ci\u003eAfrica's Struggle for Its Art\u003c\/i\u003e will shape conversations around these crucial issues for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBénédicte Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of Art History at the Technical University of Berlin and was professor at the Collège de France in Paris from 2016 to 2021. She is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTranslocations: Histories of Dislocated Cultural Assets\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAcquiring Cultures: Histories of World Art on Western Markets\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e The Museum Is Open: Towards a Transnational History of Museums\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author (with Felwine Sarr) of \u003ci\u003eThe Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, known as the \u003ci\u003eSarr-Savoy Report\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766792159520,"sku":"9780691234731","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d199f1edd0fb9c126c3edab8d979be13.webp?v=1780299044","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/africas-struggle-for-its-art-history-of-a-postcolonial-defeat-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}