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Art & Culture








































































                   frican Art was stolen     reparation and restitution must    Auction Houses. They are
                   just like the art of      be established.                    responsible for commodifying,
          Athe Jews during                                                      commercializing, valuing, and
          their holocaust and must be        The current dialogue and           selling our cultural heritage
          considered as such. It has been    reparations activities are         while totally eliminating
          acknowledged that aprox. 90        aimed at Western Museums           Africans’ Access to the
          % of the traditional Cultural      but neglect to recognize that      industry.
          material of Africa is in Western   the greatest beneficiaries
          Hands. A global system of          have been the International        Additionally, African nations



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