Oumy Diaw answers questions such as:
What are the most difficult challenges in authenticating African artifacts for display?
What has been the impact of the movement for restitution that hit the headlines with Black Lives Matter?
What do they think about the lending of looted artifacts to the descendants of victims?
What is the single most important part of the curator’s role in a modern African museum?
‘Documenting and publishing are essential to build new memories and narratives. And it must be made available for scholars, the media, and the public.
African museums have a tremendous role to play in the global world of museums and the museum experience. We will have thousands of years of content to explore outside of slavery and colonialism history.’
