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Intro/Outro: “Afrique Victime,” by Mdou Moctar

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Discussed:

Africa’s Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage

Siege of Magdala, Ethiopia, 1867-8 > Request for return of items, 1872

Benin Expedition of 1897

Egypt is in Africa!

Netherlands’ return of the Benin bronzes 

Benin Dialogue Group

US museums’ return of Benin bronzes

Flashback to Episode 57: Looty (Chidi Nwaubani) - raiding the British Museum in “digital repatriation”

Lesley Lokko //  Venice Biennale 2023 // African Futures Institute

Museum of West African Art (MoWAA), Benin City, Nigeria (ex-Edo-Benin), by Adjaye Associates

Demonstration against MoWAA, November 2025

Musee de Civilization Noir (MCN) Dakar, Senegal

Colonial Williamsburg (reconstructed village / open-air museum) model applied to Africa?

… or Xintiandi, Shanghai

Village Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jos Museum, Northern Nigeria

Julia Watson – Lo-Tek

MASS Design Group, Rwanda

Koyo Koouh – Art Biennale – Zeitz MoCAA

Pan-African Biennale of Architecture – Nairobi, Kenya, September 2026 (Omar Degan)