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0:00 Restitution Study Group (RSG) Executive Director Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
1:30 overview of suit and issues raised
4:30 Prof. Tobias Skowronek’s findings on the metals contained in the manillas
7:00 Dismissal of suit against Smithsonian based on mootness
7:55 court order that Plaintiffs conceded points and waived arguments
8:45 ruling in OK reparations case for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
10:30 Nigerian declaration by outgoing President Buhari
12:00 critical argument that transfer was ultra vires
13:00 Administrative Procedure Act - failure to hold public hearing on ‘ethical transfers’ creates First Amendment issue
15:00 opinion on Nigeria’s position
17:00 DNA research as to descendants from Esan People from Benin Kingdom
19:00 Benin Kingdom’s enslavement of their females
20:15 Manchester Museum’s 2023 repatriation to Australia’s Aboriginal Anindilyakwa community of Groote Eylandt
21:00 change in narratives offered by Frankfurt’s Museum of World Cultures and Berlin’s Humboldt Museum
22:45 ancestral dedications at institutions holding Benin Bronzes
23:30 Benin Kingdom Museum in Harlem, NY
25:15 underreporting on lawsuit
26:00 shock about value of Benin Bronzes - a classic Wakanda story at end of first Black Panther film
28:20 potential for justice in US lower federal courts and in SCOTUS
31:00 narrative attached to the Benin Bronzes
33:30 Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons - Joint chairwoman of Illinois Legislative Black Caucus meeting with Chicago's Field Museum
34:30 NY Legislator involved in work of RSG
Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected]
Music by Toulme.
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Thanks so much for listening!
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Send us a text
Cover Photo by Nils Paellmann
0:00 Restitution Study Group (RSG) Executive Director Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
1:30 overview of suit and issues raised
4:30 Prof. Tobias Skowronek’s findings on the metals contained in the manillas
7:00 Dismissal of suit against Smithsonian based on mootness
7:55 court order that Plaintiffs conceded points and waived arguments
8:45 ruling in OK reparations case for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
10:30 Nigerian declaration by outgoing President Buhari
12:00 critical argument that transfer was ultra vires
13:00 Administrative Procedure Act - failure to hold public hearing on ‘ethical transfers’ creates First Amendment issue
15:00 opinion on Nigeria’s position
17:00 DNA research as to descendants from Esan People from Benin Kingdom
19:00 Benin Kingdom’s enslavement of their females
20:15 Manchester Museum’s 2023 repatriation to Australia’s Aboriginal Anindilyakwa community of Groote Eylandt
21:00 change in narratives offered by Frankfurt’s Museum of World Cultures and Berlin’s Humboldt Museum
22:45 ancestral dedications at institutions holding Benin Bronzes
23:30 Benin Kingdom Museum in Harlem, NY
25:15 underreporting on lawsuit
26:00 shock about value of Benin Bronzes - a classic Wakanda story at end of first Black Panther film
28:20 potential for justice in US lower federal courts and in SCOTUS
31:00 narrative attached to the Benin Bronzes
33:30 Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons - Joint chairwoman of Illinois Legislative Black Caucus meeting with Chicago's Field Museum
34:30 NY Legislator involved in work of RSG
Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected]
Music by Toulme.
To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.
To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected].
Thanks so much for listening!
© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]
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