90 to 95 % of africa's heritage is held outside the continent, obviously by heritage. We think that the majority of it was looted during the colonial era. Not a lot is actually coming back. So we know that france has agreed to repatriate around 26 artifacs to the country of benin.
The world’s most illustrious museums are finally having to reckon with the stolen art in their collections.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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