It is the kingdom of Dahomey, the dominion of the great BAD ... and admires the five thousand Amazons of his body-guard; looks into his finances, counts up his profits in the Slave-trade, makes ...

Mati Diop’s brisk, thoughtful documentary Dahomey considers the limited yet necessary good done through restitution.

These modern effigies to mass production and over-consumption carry their own history, gained from both the seller in need ...

Viewers who know something about museum repatriation and the history of colonial interference on the continent of Africa may ...

The film restores the agency of the objects at the heart of the Dahomey restitution case by transforming them into a living ...

This opening section effectively makes us question the significance of relics, the relevance of history and the latent power of art. Still from Mati Diop’s ‘Dahomey.’ (Courtesy of MUBI) This has been ...

Staggeringly diverse rock art motifs in galleries across what is today Serranía De La Lindosa, Colombia, record a history of ...

In Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” the spoils of war speak. “As far back as I can go,” says a raspy yet reverberant voice over a black screen, “there has never been a night so deep and opaque.” ...

Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the artifacts are once again off limits to the public in Benin. By Elian ...

In 1892, French soldiers looted a number of totems and treasures from the West African kingdom of Dahomey ... given back a small part of their stolen history. It was viewed as a victory for ...

Filmmaker Mati Diop’s documentary Dahomey examines the complex idea of restitution. It looks at the return of 26 objects that originated from the Kingdom of Dahomey as they travel from Paris to ...

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