No doubt that the conversation about the repatriation of the cultural patrimony of Africa rages on […]. While the extraction and deprivation of cultural heritage and cultural property concerns the generation who participates in the plundering, as well as those who must suffer through the extraction, it also becomes inscribed throughout the long duration of societies, conditioning the flourishing of certain societies, while simultaneously continuing to weaken others. Repatriation efforts are commendable and important activities, which are carried out for the continuous reminder of indigenous people's artifacts in someone else's possession. It helps to cast light on the history and cultural relevance of these objects. By engaging with such debates, the essence of its importance will unfold and we can begin to implement concrete action towards the repatriation of the cultural patrimony of Africa, especially those looted from Benin kingdom in 1897.
The strategy, if any, adopted by American cultural...