A French museum chief at the call of the return of African art | Arts & Ent, Culture

The head of the largest collection of African art in France reacted to a report asking for the return of thousands of works of art in the countries of origin. Stéphane Martin, of the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris, told AFP on Tuesday that the report had tarnished "everything that was collected and bought during the colonial period with the impurity of the colonial crime. ". His comments came a few days after a report by French and African specialists, commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron, had advocated the return of thousands of works in the context of a radical change in policy.

Martin argued that it was unlikely that the French presidency would support the massive restitution of African works of art.

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