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Return of African art: ‘We need these objects to know where we come from’

A report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron calls for thousands of African artworks in French museums taken without consent during the colonial period to be returned to the continent. Marie-Cécile Zinsou, president of the Zinsou Foundation, spoke to FRANCE 24 about what the return of these artifacts would mean to Benin.

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