Several people ask why only 26 pieces are being returned, when thousands were ruthlessly plundered by the French during the ...

The film restores the agency of the objects at the heart of the Dahomey restitution case by transforming them into a living ...

Annexed into French West Africa in 1894 following the Second Franco-Dahomean War, the then-designated French Dahomey gained ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Abomey and Cotonou, Benin. Throughout the movie “Dahomey,” the eerie voice of a 19th century West African king emerges from the depths of history.

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism ...

Filmmaker Mati Diop’s documentary Dahomey examines the complex idea of restitution. It looks at the return of 26 objects that originated from the Kingdom of Dahomey as they travel from Paris to ...

In 2018, Senegalese philosopher and economist Felwine Sarr, along with French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, were ...

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday, a day after Donald Trump became U.S. president-elect, that the West should accept Russia was winning the Ukraine war and ...

Looted by French colonial forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1904), these represent just a fraction of some 7,000 ...

In the documentary Dahomey, Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop masterfully presents an interrogative and poetic meditation on constructing national identity in the face of a colonial legacy.

With the reelection of Donald Trump, Ukraine may soon have to adjust to a dramatic reduction in US support that could have a decisive impact on the war with Russia. Throughout his campaign ...

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism ...