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What We’re Watching: Restitution Roundtables: Remember to Reclaim—Confronting Colonial Pasts and the Way Forward

From Open Society Foundations: “This discussion about the restitution of Ngonnso to the Nso community, hosted by the Open Society Foundations Global Initiative for the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage and Open Society grantee SySy House of Fame, features African cultural heritage activist Sylvie Njobati and researcher María Leonor Pérez Ramírez discussing the power of civil society empowerment and the work which led to this historic event.”

Veronika Chatelain is a program officer of Expression for Global Programs at the Open Society Foundations, where she co-leads the Global Initiative for Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Sylvie Njobati is a restitution activist and the founder of Sysy House of Fame, an arts and culture organization in Cameroon. María Leonor Pérez Ramírez is a research associate for the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts.

Watch the full discussion here.