French President Takes Next Step Toward Repatriating African Artifacts

Title: French President Takes Next Step Toward Repatriating African Artifacts
Author: Sutton, Benjamin
Media Outlet: Hyperallergic
Publish Date: March 7, 2018

Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to repatriate African artifacts held in French museums to their countries of origin has taken a significant step forward. On Monday, following a meeting with Patrice Talon, the President of Benin, the French President named two experts who will spend the next several months investigating the issue: the Senegalese author and economist Felwine Sarr and the French art historian Bénédicte Savoy.