Lies Bus

Passionate about the past in the present.
Fields of interest? DRC, Kinshasa and unshared/shared heritage.

Tweets in EN, FR and NL 🌍

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

@acprdcongo Musée de Tervuren et l'institut royal belge de Sciences naturelles à Ixelles ;)

[ACTUALITE.CD @actualitecd]

RDC : vers l'actualisation des listes indicatives des biens culturels pour les provinces du Kongo Central, du Haut Katanga et de la Tshopo https://t.co/W08H0QMKZ5

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

The return of a mask stolen by Belgium is stoking violence in DR Congo. Communities are fighting over it, believe it confers magical powers on their fighters, making them invulnerable to bullets and giving them the ability to disappear /1
https://t.co/NLUsIedVim

[Ministère de la Culture, Arts et Patrimoines RDC @minculturap_rdc]

LES RECHERCHES CULTURELLES ENTRE LA RDC ET LA BELGIQUE

L'institut des Musées Nationaux du Congo,l'UNIKIN et le Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale sont en atelier d'information sur la restitution des biens culturels, des restes humains de la RDC, spoliés depuis la colonisation.

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

@YasminaZian @ABisoka @MS_DeClippele @SVBeurden @BorisWastiau @matthiasdegroof Zana Etambala

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

@KatrienVRT Geen spijtbetuigingen van de 1e minister, maar wel een goeie preek?

[Wim De Ceukelaire @wimdeceuk]

Het is niet aan 11 miljoen Belgen om een duit in het zakje te doen, omdat een Belgische elite zich tijdens de koloniale periode heeft verrijkt. Grote ­bedrijven zoals Umicore en Unilever, die rijk werden door de exploitatie van palmolie en kobalt,... 1/2 https://t.co/4j9vxQbVTU

[Marie-Sophie De Clippele @MS_DeClippele]

BREAKING - The Belgian King hands over a mask to Congo - not a restitution, but a permanent loan. For restitutions, one should wait for the #restitution bill which is discussed in Parliament at the moment...
https://t.co/wORdDqifGF

[RM*(restitution matters) @RM_Arjanti]

Release date: 8 June 2022
Inconvenient Heritage. Colonial Collections and Restitution in the Netherlands and Belgium
By Jos van Beurden @AmsterdamUPress

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

https://t.co/ujcwvIiWRZ

[Katrien Vanderschoot @KatrienVRT]

De clan-Kabila betaalde twee miljoen aan steenrijke Belg George Forrest #congoholdup de Belgische namen beginnen te vallen. #forrest vanzelfsprekend maar bewijslast is - in de context - niet verschroeiend. Of wel? … https://t.co/K2TqwtTK6Z

[Katrien Vanderschoot @KatrienVRT]

Tentoonstelling "Mensentuin": het tragische verhaal van Hottentot Venus, en de "Anderen"
https://t.co/o2MFFyn43t #vrtnws #africamuseum #mensentuin

[MuseumFutures Africa @MuseumFutures_]

#MuseumFuturesAfrica is a pan-African, people-centred cultural project that works with museums across the continent to test, explore and study potentials for new formats of African museology. It is supported by @GoetheJoburg.

#Museology #AfricanMuseums #AfricanFutures

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

In welke context onderhandelden Congolezen over hun zelfbeschikking en hun materiële cultuur?

Meer hierover in onderstaande #museumtalk
https://t.co/5tRaDj0nIk

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

Reassessing (forensic) research on #humanremains in Philadelphia.

#racescience
#physicalanthropology

https://t.co/NxO4J5hHpY

[Yasmina Zian @YasminaZian]

Et mnt @LePointAfrique sur les principes éthiques 🇧🇪:
Il s'agit de prendre au sérieux les demandes de #restitution !
🙏 @m_panara
@SVBeurden
@MS_DeClippele
@Hein_Vanhee
@faronet
@MuseeEthnoNeuch
@africamuseumbe
@LBusselen
@MASAntwerpen
https://t.co/JHHNVonpSu

[Marie-Sophie De Clippele @MS_DeClippele]

Belgium is not only moving forward, it is making history ! Interview of State Secretary for Science Policy @ThomasDermine explictly states that the "Kern" (close circle of Federal Ministers) agreed on his progressive approach to restitue colonial heritage
https://t.co/7zP73UMuai

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

Véronique Clette-Gakuba pointed out some weaknesses of the restitution report.

https://t.co/XrhznBCWUW

[Yasmina Zian @YasminaZian]

And here still about the 🇧🇪 ethical principles: an article in french from Colette Braeckman: https://t.co/fQZhxJIFfU

[Lies Bus @LBusselen]

Belgian experts frustrated at 'lack of initiative from museums and government' call for restitution of colonial-era acquisitions: https://t.co/OseBtIDzvd