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Dahomey: Film Screening and Round Table

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fri. 18 Oct.

20h00

November 2021, twenty-six royal treasures from Dahomey are set to leave the Musée du Quai Branly-Chaques Chirac to be repatriated to their land of origin, Benin, formerly Dahomey. Along with thousands of others, these works were looted during the French colonial invasion in 1892. But how to live the return of these ancestors in a country that had to build and cope in their absence? As the soul of the works is freed, debate rages among the students of the University of Abomey Calavi.

The documentary film Dahomey by Mati Diop was awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2024. The screening will be followed by a conference on the value and stakes of restitution, the meaning and significance of the looted works returned to their homeland, as well as the narrative structure of the documentary-fiction detailing the restitution of 26 works to Benin, the first wave of a series of returns.

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IN THE PRESENCE OF:
Makenzy Orcel, author of the text La Voix des trésors which gives a voice to King Guézo in the documentary film Dahomey, Haitian poet and writer, finalist for the Prix Goncourt 2022 and Choix Goncourt in 12 countries for “Une somme humaine”. Mr. Orcel has won numerous international literary prizes.

Amzat Boukri-Yabara, historian, writer and consultant for French and international media. A. Boukari-Yabara is a specialist in Pan-Africanism and relations between Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Ibikéyé, moderator, passionate about literature, writing and African worlds. Engineer in applied mathematics and certified in African studies, she has lived in New York, London, Paris, Tahiti and Ivory Coast. She organizes original conferences and meetings in Luxembourg to promote African and Afro-descendant literature.

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