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Documentary chronicles return of artworks looted by 19th-century French soldiers to West Africa
"Dahomey," the latest film by French-Senegalese Mati Diop, arrived in theaters on October 26, 2024, buoyed by its critical success in Europe. The film premiered in Benin and Senegal before its ...
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Dahomey, from director Mati Diop, tracks the homeward journey of artefacts stolen from Benin 130 years ago
These artefacts are "royal treasures", an early title card in Mati Diop's documentary Dahomey informs us, that were pilfered from the kingdom of Dahomey by French colonisers in an 1892 invasion.