RepatA.Take

We are fighting for Repatriation and Rehumanization of our ancestors 🗿

[Museum of Looted Antiquities @MuseumofLoot]

France returns 3,500 artifacts to Ethiopia.

The artefacts, excavated from the Melka Kunture site near Addis Ababa, date back 1 to 2 million years and were studied under a long-standing Franco-Ethiopian archaeology agreement.

https://t.co/44YZ7IFD5b

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

After they stole several artifacts from Africa, they decided to tell you that Africans had no civilization, but those artifacts are making millions for them in their museums.

[Ramona Seitz @SeitzRamona]

„Der Haushaltsausschuss des Bundestags hat 250.000 Euro für den Aufbau einer Anlaufstelle zur Rückgabe von menschliche Überresten, die während der Kolonialzeit nach Deutschland gelangten, freigegeben.“

via @TableBriefings

https://t.co/CwnHCpqsc9

[Henning Melber @HenningMelber]

Das ist skandalös! 👇👎 Damit wird die Koalitionsvereinbarung ad absurdum geführt, was deren entsprechende Passagen betrifft. Der Kolonialismus und seine Folgen werden erneut und entgegen anderslautender Versprechen zur Nebensächlichkeit degradiert.

[Charlotte Wiedemann @chawichawi]

Haushalt 2025: Regierungs-Grüne beenden Unterstützung für Rückführung des kolonialen Raubguts. Erinnerungspolit. Wende durch die Ministerien von Roth und Baerbock https://t.co/vknRKVYx10

[Tanzania Embassy | Germany @UbaloziGermany]

Ubalozi umeshiriki katika sherehe za kubadili Jina la mtaa wa Carl Peters kuwa Mtaa wa Maji Maji katika Jiji la Berlin nchini Ujerumani ikiwa ni alama ya kuenzi vita vya Maji Maji vilivyotokea mwaka 1905 - 1907 dhidi ya Ukoloni wa Kijerumani.@HassaniMwamweta @mfa_tanzania

[RM*(restitution matters) @RM_Arjanti]

When Deaccessioned Art and Antiquities Have Nowhere to Go
It's a problem well-meaning museums can face when they seek to repatriate art or artifacts that don't have sufficient documentation.
@artrecovery

[Guardian US @GuardianUS]

Indigenous leaders frustrated despite cloak’s return to Brazil after 300 years https://t.co/89rBiNxd0f

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

the Easter Island ecocide theory promoted by Jared Diamond, which suggests that the islanders chopped down palm trees at an unsustainable rate causing population decline by the time of European arrival, was wrong.

https://t.co/0mAuAxW072

[REGARTLESS @regartless1on1]

Did you know?

"Today, more than 40,000 objects from Cameroon are kept in public museums in the Federal Republic of Germany. This is the largest stock worldwide. Since the German colonial period 1886-1916, they have been stored in the storerooms of institutions that kept them, virtually unpublished and unknown".

Mind-blowing right?
We can go on and on, but then what is the way forward?

More details on this statistics can be obtained in "Atlas of Absence, Cameroon's Cultural Heritage in Germany".

There is an urgent need to redefining Africa and claiming her heritage.
#AfricanHeritageMatters

[Dr. Matthias Henkel @Henkel_Matthias]

@KatjaKeul „The human remains remind us - of what has happened - and they call us to action“ @BoellStiftung @KirstenKrampe @GUnrecht @HenningMelber @BoellStiftung

[RepatA.Take @RepatATake]

New radiocarbon dates on the #Rongorongo script

"Our results suggest that the use of the #script could be placed to a horizon that predates the arrival of external influence."

https://t.co/G4o30xNiTZ

#RapaNui #RongoRongo

[BringBackNgonnso/Nso Royal Objects n Linden museum @ngonnso]

The quest for restitution and repatriation of African heritages  from German Museums is being dragged into a prolonged political debate.

Most of our cultural heritages were taken without any procedure nor legal steps; times have changed, but unfortunately, their values and meaning will never change.

It is only just for museums willing and ready return to have the support of different states in accelerating the process and not stalling it.

We therefore call on all stakeholders to play their role promptly.

@GermanyDiplo
@GUnrecht
@c_kayser
@BMZ_Bund
@BundesKultur

[BringBackNgonnso/Nso Royal Objects n Linden museum @ngonnso]

We have a question for @GermanyDiplo

Will you be restituting what communities are asking for?

What museums are willing and ready to offer?

OR

What the government of Cameroon is asking for?

[BringBackNgonnso/Nso Royal Objects n Linden museum @ngonnso]

We are receiving incredible feedback from our Web of Plunder project that is acquiring heritage and restituting back to communities and families of origin. Thanks to our friend Marc Sabastien.

More and more communities are reaching out to us.

We cannot do this without your support. We have started a fundraiser on GoFundMe to help with acquisition, storage and restitution processes.

Every dollar, euro you give to us, brings our heritage one step closer to home…and together, we will make this happen!
Thanks to our friend Marc for organizing this.

https://t.co/ZOK4WCEdj2

Thank you for you contributions.