Plundering Africa's Past
"An important book at a time when the booming illicit trade in African antiquities and the despoiling of some of the continent’s prime archeological sites generate little concern in the art world." —Foreign Affairs\ "This benchmark publication challenges all of us to be part of the solution. Plundering Africa’s Past cannot help but raise the level of discourse and consciousness about the looting problem, what needs to be done to stop it and about the relationship between Africa and the West."...
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The conclusion discusses specific steps that could be taken to halt the plunder.
PrefaceThe African Past Endangered1The Human Right to a Cultural Heritage: African Applications18Saving the Heritage: UNESCO's Action against Illicit Traffic in Africa29Just Say Shame: Excising the Rot of Cultural Genocide45A View Inside the Illicit Trade in African Antiquities63The Fight Against the Plundering of Malian Cultural Heritage and Illicit Exportation: National Efforts and International Cooperation79U.S. Efforts in the Protection of Cultural Property: Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention87Africa's Vanishing Cultural Heritage: Reflections of an American Cultural Diplomat94A Conservation Dilemma Over African Royal Art in Cameroon99Past as Prologues: Empowering Africa's Cultural Institutions110Nigerian Art as Endangered Species125Coping with Collapse in the 1990s: West African Museums, Universities, and National Patrimonies143How Accurate are Interpretations of African Objects in Western Museums?161Whose Cultural Heritage? Conflicts and Contradictions in the Conservation of Historic Structures, Towns, and Rock Art in Tanzania170The Deterioration and Destruction of Archaeological and Historical Sites in Tanzania191Kenya's Destruction of the Swahili Cultural Heritage201Preservation of Cultural Heritage on the East African Coast225Starting from Scratch: The Past, Present, and Future Management of Somalia's Cultural Heritage250List of States Party to the 1970 UNESCO Convention261Contributors263Index266
