Holloway said this in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Sunday, where he emphasised, “We want to get to the point where it’s now unheard of to have artefacts from other parts of the world in your museum”
The NCMM DG explained that while repatriation is a top priority, it was not a one-size-fits-all solution for all countries, saying, “Regarding the repatriation, you have to understand that different countries have different laws around repatriation. So, it’s not a one size fits all strategy. How we would interact with the British museums is different from how we would interact with museums in Germany. So, it’s really a case by case study, a case by case exercise. But I think that the core of what we’re trying to achieve is to ride on the global awakening around the position of the black man in the world. When we talk about Black Lives Matter, there is a corresponding- if black lives matter, then black heritage matters and black artefacts matter. So, it’s a trickle down effect.
