The International Conference on Cultural Heritage in Africa: A Dialogue on the Concept of Authenticity will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 6 to 9 May 2025.
The Paris museum has invited African researchers to study the archives of the expedition, which took place between 1931 and 1933, and to carry out field studies to retrace the conditions of the undercover raid on artifacts.
Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie, the grandson of Ethiopia’s last emperor, will ask the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to return artefacts stolen by British soldiers in 1868.
