Schlagwort: Cultural belongings
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Efforts stalling on colonial legacies
This article analyses the German government’s response to a recent parliamentary inquiry in the Bundestag. The record on coming to terms with colonial legacies after more than a year of the present coalition government is meagre. Minister of State Weimer’s colonialism concept, announced for autumn 2026, is intended to provide details on how the “dignified…
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Togo establishes restitution committee
This text deals with the establishment of a restitution committee by the Togolese government. Its purpose is to recover cultural heritage and ancestral remains that were appropriated by foreign actors, primarily during German colonial rule. The problem is that Germany is not adequately prepared for talks with Togo and other former colonies to come to…
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130 Jahre nach seinem Tod: Erste Gedenkfeier für König Mbome
Zur Erinnerung an ihren König Mbome haben die kamerunischen Bakoko-Gemeinschaften die allererste Gedenkfeier organisiert, 130 Jahre nach seinem Tod durch deutsche Koloialgewalt am 27. Juni 1895. In seiner Vorausschau auf dieses Ereignis macht Dr. Richard Tsogang Fossi deutlich, welche Bedeutung die Aufarbeitung der kolonialen Vergangenheit für die Gemeinschaften hat. Sie wünschen sich die Rückkehr ihrer…