From Senegal to Ethiopia, artists, governments and museums are eagerly awaiting a report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron on how former colonizers can return African art to Africa. French President Emmanuel Macron, trying to turn the page on France's colonial past , received a report Friday on returning art looted from African lands. The experts estimate that up to 90 percent of African art is outside the continent, including statues, thrones and manuscripts. Britain is also under pressure to return art taken from its former colonies. Ogbemudia warned the new French report should not remain just a "recommendation merely to make Africans to calm down.

Source: Ethiopian News November 23, 2018 08:41 UTC