Reports
Open Restitution Africa
We develop reports that document restitution progress across Africa with accuracy and clarity. Each report focuses on presenting reliable data, context, and analysis in a format that is easy to understand and use, ensuring stakeholders have the facts they need to inform their work.
Rethinking Inventories for African-led Restitution
This report responds to an emerging challenge in the restitution landscape: African governments and decision-makers are increasingly considering comprehensive national inventory programs that attempt to catalog all cultural objects originating from their countries and their current locations worldwide. While inventory work serves important purposes, we argue that these large-scale cataloging initiatives are resource-intensive and often unviable given the…
Reclaiming Restitution
The restitution of African heritage – artefacts and human remains – is one of the vital social justice issues of our times. It is about recognising centuries of devastation of the African continent, and taking a step towards social, historical and cultural repair for Africans themselves. Its therefore without question that Africans should be – and have historically…