Many objects in the ethnological collections of “Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz” are stained with the blood of colonial violence; others were obtained by force or stolen. For decades, BIPOC voices have called for restitution and apologies from Berlin museum’s for theft and genocide. And although the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has agreed to “substantial restitution” (?) of the Benin bronzes in 2020, other restitution demands continue to be ignored, censored or skipped. For critics, it is less a question of ethnological objects or works of art. They primarily lament the isolation of sacred objects of their faith, bones of their ancestors or political insignia.

On September 22, the Coalition of Cultural Workers Against the Humboldt Forum and BARAZANI.berlin invite the public to a demonstration in the context of the opening of the ethnological collections of the “Humboldt Forum.” There, activists and artists will speak to the long and ongoing struggle for restitution.
Speakers at the demonstration:

• Mnyaka Sururu Mboro (activist, Berlin/Tanzania)
• Israel Kanautjike (activist, Berlin/Namibia)
• Gad Shiynyuy (activist Berlin/Cameroon) 
• Silvie Njobati (artist, Cameroon)
• Daniela Zambrano (artist, Berlin/Peru)
  and others