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
Across Africa, calls for the restitution of cultural belongings and ancestors taken, sold or traded under colonial conditions are growing louder. Inventories—lists of what was taken and where it is now—have become key tools in this work. But they are also sources of tension: how do we track loss when colonialism shattered memory? And how do we do…
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…