Who Decides History's Future?

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August 29, 2019

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Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

- Chinua Achebe -

Who Decides History's Future?

"The West is wrestling with its colonial heritage in the most literal sense: its museums teem with treasure taken on conquests abroad. Crowns and swords, books and bones. The breadth of culture ripped from its home is hard to comprehend, as is the sheer scale of it: ninety percent of Africas art is held on other continents. Imagine the Liberty Bell gone, Versailles stripped of its Hall of Mirrors, the Roman Forum empty of columns and stones. To see them, you would have to travel across seas, deserts, mountains; apply for visas and buy a ticket for a glance at your peoples history behind glass. Spread that theft to Asia, the Americas, and even other corners of Europe. The scope is unimaginable, as are the emotional scars left by the absence of national treasures." Alexandra Haven explores questions of ownership, ethics and the future of the world's art in this thoughtful essay. { read more }