Africa: ‘Dahomey’ Film Invites Colonial Past to Speak Through Benin’s Stolen Treasures

16th September 2024
[RFI] In her award-winning documentary Dahomey, director Mati Diop imagines the voice of royal treasures looted from West Africa by European colonisers and only recently sent back to their homeland in present-day Benin. She tells RFI she hopes it will prompt reflection on displacement, exile and return - not just of objects, but of people.

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