The care, repatriation, & restitution of African cultural property remain matters of cultural, economic, geopolitical, institutional, legal, and spiritual importance.

This virtual conversation will bring together perspectives from African art and museum practice, cultural policy, creative practice, digital heritage, and African-led restitution initiatives. Co-moderators antonio c. cuyler and Ashley Miller will guide a dialogue with participants from Nyamakop, Open Restitution Africa, and related fields.

Panelists will consider how museums and other institutions should understand their responsibilities to African communities; how restitution, repatriation, repair, and reparative justice differ; and what durable, accountable collaboration between institutions in the Global Norths and Africa might require.

The program will conclude with moderated audience Q&A.


Panelists

-Mohale Mashigo; Author, Comic Writer, and Narrative Designer
-Ben Myres; Co-Founder and Game Director; Nyamakop
-Syokau Mutonga; Anderman Family Fellow for Arts of Africa; Denver Art Museum and Open Restitution Africa


Moderators

-antonio c. cuyler, PhD; Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship and Leadership and Faculty Associate in Voice and Opera; University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
-Ashley Miller; Assistant Curator of African Art; University of Michigan Museum of Art


Presented by the Bowman Scholars Network, the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford Public Policy School, the Department of Cultural Policy & Management in the Wits School of Arts at the University of Witwatersrand, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art