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Colonial crimes: Cultural property should be returned unconditionally
Cultural property stolen from Africa by deception, coercion, or looting must be fully and unconditionally returned. This is the only valid reparation and a prerequisite for other negotiations to take place, writes Beninese jurist Roland Adjovi. Since international law provides only weak recourse, African States need to act together politically.
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