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Le Monde. Arts africains.

Author
Le Monde
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
2021
Aesthetic
Bibliographic

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.

[Source: Article abstract, translated from French].

Our distinctive typeface, Format-1452, was designed by Frank Adebiaye, a French-Beninese type designer and founder of the experimental Velvetyne Type Foundry.