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Dahomey

Dahomey (2024)

October. 25,2024
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Dahomey

2024  / 1 hr 8 min

November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.

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Director
Mati Diop
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ARTE France Cinéma
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