<p>Good interview with director Mati Diop on her film about the return of 26 looted African treasures from France back to Benin (formerly Dahomey). </p><p>A key section of Dahomey shows a debate that Diop organised among Beninese students.. Their comments cut to the heart of Dahomey’s broader theme – notably when one young woman, a native speaker of the Fon language, says that when she learned about her own culture, it was in French"</p><p><a href="/tags/dahomey/" rel="tag">#Dahomey</a> <a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#Colonialism</a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/19/mati-diop-dahomey-atlantics-beyonce" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/19/mati-diop-dahomey-atlantics-beyonce"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/film/2024/</span><span class="invisible">oct/19/mati-diop-dahomey-atlantics-beyonce</span></a></p>
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