Apart from promoting humanity and telling the African story, the museum will showcase to the world, achievements of African women in the past. Despite this shortcoming, the Director of British Museum, Hartwig Fischer, and the former Deputy Chair, Board of Trustees of the British Museum, Bonnie Greer, who have shown interest in the project, were happy that it had become a reality. He also said that the facility would be linked to international institutions, especially the British Museum. “Museum of Black Women in History will be dedicated to the achievements of black women across generations and beyond the African continent. Stressing that the Black Women In History Museum will add more value to the much-referred status of the ancient town, elevate community development, and the culture of the Oyo people, she revealed that it would, in a way, raise discussions on women.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2021 03:00 UTC