Le Monde. “Arts africains: restituer les œuvres, rétablir les faits.” [“African Arts: Giving Back Artworks, Setting the Record Straight.”] Le Monde, October 23, 2021. https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2021/10/23/arts-africains-restituer-les-uvres-retablir-les-faits_6099633_3212.html.
This article focuses on the restitution by France to Benin of 26 artworks on November 9th, 2021. This is not only a political gesture, but also the acknowledgment of the work done by historians over decades of colonial rules and who established many painful truths, whether we like or not.
Our distinctive typeface, Format-1452, was designed by Frank Adebiaye, a French-Beninese type designer and founder of the experimental Velvetyne Type Foundry.