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| Title: | The art of (re)possession: heritage and the cultural politics of Congo's decolonization |
| Author: | Van Beurden, Sarah |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Periodical: | The Journal of African History (ISSN 0021-8537) |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 143-164 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Congo (Democratic Republic of) |
| Subjects: | decolonization cultural heritage museums |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853714000681 |
| Abstract: | This article argues for a thematic and periodization shift in the approach to the history of Congo's decolonization. It demonstrates how debates about cultural heritage and demands for cultural restitution became important aspects of Congolese interpretations of decolonization, and argues that they played an important role in the national and international politics that were central to the construction of the cultural sovereignty of the postcolonial Zairian state. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
