Abstract (may include machine translation)
In 2020 Mwazulu Diyabanza of the Yanka Nku Panafrican movement demonstratively entered a series of museums in France and Belgium and stole back African art works declairing they had been looted in the first place. This act of counter appropriation sent a wave of responses from legal to artistic around Europe. One of these was orchestrated by Samson Ogiamien and the Onyrikon theatre, which the author joined in the capacity of a collaborating artist and theorist reflecting upon the various modes of counter appropriation (and minor universality) occurring in restitutions around Europe. This chapter describes Iyagbon's Mirror, the performance work that resulted.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Minor Universality/Universalité mineure |
Subtitle of host publication | Rethinking Humanity After Western Universalism/Penser l'humanité après l'universalisme occidental |
Editors | Markus Messling, Jonas Tinius |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Pages | 265-282 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110798494 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783110798487 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Aug 2023 |
Keywords
- Appropriation
- Benin Bronzes
- Casts
- Copies
- Nigeria
- Repatriation