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Posted On: March 12th 2024, 06:30 pm
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๐๏ธ I have a confession to make ๐๏ธ
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Shortly after our first Museum of Black Futures event I was contacted by the Fathers of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Back in the colonial days, they took hundreds of ceremonial artifacts from the African people they converted to Catholicism, on their mission of spreading 'good news' to 'the poorโ. This collection forms the basis for the Africa Museum that they founded in 1954, here in the Netherlands. A collection and a building that they hold to this day. Conflict with the organization that researched and managed the collection - making exhibitions and events - led to the closure of the Africa Museum. Now they invited @roscovitsch and I to contribute to a 'future Africa Museum'. In stead, last Saturday @iamkimmysmit , @nelgina_ , @junadry_leocaria , @femidawkins , Roche, Marcellino and I demanded that our Museum of Black Futures team be given full authority in shaping the future of their collection, organization and building. We want ownership! And yes, we recorded the conversation! The podcast will be released very shortly!! You really don't want to miss this one!!
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Photos by @quintyophelia
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#MuseumOfBlackFutures
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Shortly after our first Museum of Black Futures event I was contacted by the Fathers of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Back in the colonial days, they took hundreds of ceremonial artifacts from the African people they converted to Catholicism, on their mission of spreading 'good news' to 'the poorโ. This collection forms the basis for the Africa Museum that they founded in 1954, here in the Netherlands. A collection and a building that they hold to this day. Conflict with the organization that researched and managed the collection - making exhibitions and events - led to the closure of the Africa Museum. Now they invited @roscovitsch and I to contribute to a 'future Africa Museum'. In stead, last Saturday @iamkimmysmit , @nelgina_ , @junadry_leocaria , @femidawkins , Roche, Marcellino and I demanded that our Museum of Black Futures team be given full authority in shaping the future of their collection, organization and building. We want ownership! And yes, we recorded the conversation! The podcast will be released very shortly!! You really don't want to miss this one!!
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Photos by @quintyophelia
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#MuseumOfBlackFutures
Comments (89)
2 years agojocelynbaah
Ik stuur je even een DM, aangezien ik mijn LLM thesis over de repatriรซring van African cultural artefacts schrijf, maar dan met een post colonial lens op International cultural heritage law!
2 years agolaquelle_dg
๐Period! Keep fighting ๐๐พ Its the Audacity they have is mind blowing!
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