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Prof. Ciraj Rassool
Charles Taku
Bonaventure Ndikung
Afolasade Adewumi

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  • Academia
  • Museums
  • Policy

Prof. Ciraj Rassool

Ciraj Rassool is Professor of History at the University of the Western Cape and directs its African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies. He is an Associated Member oft he Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Luschan Collection (Berlin).

Country:

  • South Africa

Info:

Published Work: Restitution versus Repatriation: Terminology and Concepts Matter

Language:

  • English

Field:

  • Academia
  • Law

Charles Taku

Chief Charles A. Taku is the Lead Counsel at the International Criminal Court on the ICC-Situation in Darfus, Northern Uganda and Previously ICC-Situation in Central Africa Republic. Since 1991, he serves as a dedicated advocate for reparations and restitution justice for historic crimes against Africa. He has successfully represented victims of human rights before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva and the African Court on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights. Chief Taku is also the former President of the ICC Bar Association and a life-member of the Governing Council of the African Bar Association

Country:

  • Cameroon

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Published Work: Contextual Foundations of International Criminal Jurisprudence: Selected Cases an Insider’s Perspective

Language:

  • English

Field:

  • Academia
  • Arts

Bonaventure Ndikung

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, PhD is a curator, author and biotechnologist, currently serving as Director and chief curator of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) Berlin, Germany. He founded SAVVY Contemporary in 2009, where he served as the artistic director until 2022. He was the artistic director of Sonsbeek20-24, Arnhem, Netherlands, as well as the 12th and 13th editions of the Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography, Mali. He was guest curator for the Dak’Art biennale in Dakar, Senegal, 2018 and was the Curator-at-large for Documenta 14 in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany in 2017. He curated the Finland Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019, together with the Miracle Workers Collective. He is professor in the Spatial Strategies MA program at the Weissensee Academy of Art in Berlin.

Country:

  • Cameroon
  • Germany

Field:

  • Academia
  • Law

Afolasade Adewumi

Dr Afolasade A. Adewumi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, Faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Her areas of research include Heritage Law, the Nigerian Legal System and Private International Law. She has a PhD in Cultural Property Law from the University of Ibadan.

Country:

  • Nigeria

Info:

Published Work: RETURN AND RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN AFRICAN STATES UNDER THE 1970 UNESCO AND 1995 UNIDROIT CONVENTIONS

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