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Hour of reckoning for colonial crimes
The colonial past has come back into the spotlight. Descendants of the colonized are demanding reparations. Former colonial powers, as if suddenly waking up, under pressure from changing power relations, are finally showing some willingness to "repair" this past, with measures like returning cultural heritage, official apologies and truth commissions. With an exclusive world map, an in-depth interview, analyses, reports and opeds, Justice Info asks: Will the tools of transitional justice be able to deal with these colonial crimes?
Ghana’s looted Asante gold comes home – what’s the deal?
After 150 years, 39 artefacts that form part of Asante’s royal regalia are due to return to the Asantehene – the ruler of the Asante people – in Kumasi, Ghana, in February and April this year. Archaeologist and Ghana heritage specialist Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann speaks in this interview to the Asantehene’s technical advisor for […]
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