<p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Afrique Victime,” by Mdou Moctar</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691251431/africas-buildings">Africa’s Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdala">Siege of Magdala, Ethiopia</a>, 1867-8 &gt; Request for return of items, 1872</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Expedition_of_1897">Benin Expedition of 1897</a></p><p>Egypt is in Africa!</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-nigeria-benin-bronzes-art-restitution-9075dc135bc2a207f9b22e8762e620d1">Netherlands’ return of the Benin bronzes</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Dialogue_Group">Benin Dialogue Group</a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/travel-museums-africa-70f80520cf1bfcca6059e16a316bc76e">US museums’ return of Benin bronzes</a></p><p>Flashback to Episode 57: <a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/57-biennale-breakdown-2-untimely-meditations-virtual-repatriations">Looty</a> (Chidi Nwaubani) - raiding the British Museum in “digital repatriation”</p><p><a href="https://www.archpaper.com/2023/06/lesley-lokkos-venice-architecture-biennale-is-a-welcome-breath-of-futuristic-air/">Lesley Lokko //&nbsp; Venice Biennale 2023</a> // <a href="https://www.africanfuturesinstitute.com/">African Futures Institute</a></p><p><a href="https://wearemowaa.org/">Museum of West African Art (MoWAA)</a>, Benin City, Nigeria (ex-Edo-Benin), by <a href="https://www.adjaye.com/">Adjaye Associates</a></p><p><a href="https://wearemowaa.org/news-and-ideas/statement-from-mowaa">Demonstration against MoWAA</a>, November 2025</p><p><a href="https://mcn-sn.com/">Musee de Civilization Noir (MCN)</a> Dakar, Senegal</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Williamsburg">Colonial Williamsburg</a> (reconstructed village / open-air museum) model applied to Africa?</p><p>… or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xintiandi">Xintiandi</a>, Shanghai</p><p><a href="https://www.nmt.go.tz/pages/village-museum">Village Museum</a>, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos_Museum">Jos Museum</a>, Northern Nigeria</p><p><a href="https://www.juliawatson.com/">Julia Watson</a> – Lo-Tek</p><p><a href="https://modelofarchitecture.org/">MASS Design Group</a>, Rwanda</p><p><a href="https://zeitzmocaa.museum/with-grace-and-light/?v=0b3b97fa6688">Koyo Koouh</a> – Art Biennale – Zeitz MoCAA</p><p><a href="https://www.panafricanbiennale.org/">Pan-African Biennale of Architecture</a> – Nairobi, Kenya, September 2026 (Omar Degan)</p>