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At the heart of this philosophy is the idea that objects - whether real

Fifteen Colonial Thefts PG25 ' The Independent 'Enthralling and'Eloquent and powerful' Franoise VergsDebates around restitution and decolonising museums continue to rage across the world. Artefacts, effigies and ancestral remains are finally being accurately contextualised and repatriated to their homelands. Fifteen Colonial Thefts amplifies these discussions, exploring the history of colonial violence in Africa through the prism of fifteen African belongings all looted at the height of the imperial era and