Africa's struggle for its art : history of a postcolonial defeat / Bénédicte Savoy ; translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savoy, Bénédicte, author.

Contributor:

Meyer-Abich, Susanne, 1964- translator.

Standardized Title:

Afrikas Kampf um seine Kunst. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Repatriation--Africa--History--20th century.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection--Africa--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Princeton University Press 2022

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface – Introduction – 1965 : Bingo – 1971 : You Hide Me – 1972 : Prussian Cultural Property – 1973 : Zero – 1974 : Increasingly Global – 1975 : Pause – 1977 : Festac ’77

1978 : Attack, Defence – Color Plates – 1979 : A Spectre Is Haunting Europe – 1980 : Battle of Lists – 1981 : Lost Heritage – 1982 : Mexico and the Greeks – 1983 : Bremen – 1984 : Open End – 1985 : Back to the Future – Epilogue – Timeline.

Notes:

"First published in German under the title Afrikas Kampf um seine Kunst Geschichte einer postkolonialen Niederlage by Benedicte Savoy. Copyright Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2021"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691264912

0691264910

9780691235912

0691235910

0-691-26491-0

0-691-23591-0

OCLC:

1264175501