Evan D. Colonization leaves an echo. Hundreds of years later, after the damage that has been inflicted, after the invaders have been driven out the fallout reverberates. Native languages whither, replaced by imperial tongue and cultural treasures — art, statues, sculptures — remain captive in museums around the world. For years, even before her feature debut Atlantics, director Mati Diop had been planning to interrogate the repatriation of these looted treasures. In 2021 she got her chance as France agreed to return 26 artifacts to the Republic of Benin, formerly the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Comments
|