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Repatriation
by Afua Nkansah-Asamoah
(...) It has been estimated that “up to 90% of sub-Saharan Africa’s cultural heritage is currently held outside the continent” as a result of “plunder, theft and colonisation, as well as legitimate trade and exchange.” Ghanaian cultural items are found in public institutions in the following countries: Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and the USA. Making an inventory is pivotal in knowing and identifying which items are held outside of Ghana.
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