Belgium's revamped Africa Museum triggers request by DRC

Title: Belgium's revamped Africa Museum triggers request by DRC
Author: Daniel Boffey
Media Outlet: The Guardian
Publish Date: December 8, 2018

“Clearly if Congo asks at that moment for return of some objects, I am certainly willing to consider that,” Gryseels said. “It is not normal that 80% of the African cultural heritage is in Europe. It is basically their culture, their identity, their history. We need to have a very open attitude. The question is under what conditions. How do we define what was legally acquired and what was not legally acquired?”

He added: “Initially they talked about military occupation, military raids and plundering and all the objects coming from that. Now they are talking about everything that was acquired during the colonial period. But was all that illegally acquired or not? We need to do some more work on that.”