When I was a child, my mother would tell me stories of Patrice Lumumba, the father of Congolese independence. I travelled to the Quai Branly museum in Paris with a few other activists. A recent report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron found that France has about 90,000 objects from sub-Saharan Africa; more than two-thirds are at the Quai Branly. After our action at the Quai Branly, I and four others stood trial for attempted theft on 30 September. I will appeal against the fine, because I don’t think it is for me to pay this: it is for the Quai Branly and the French state.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2020 09:56 UTC