Dahomey

Mati Diop

A person dressed in a white lab coat and hat stands intently examining a large, dark, ornate sculpture. The setting is in a museum.

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France, Senegal, Benin | 67 min  | 2024  | Documentary

Synopsis:
November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.

 

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