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Bndicte Savoy is professor in the Department of Art History at the Technical University of Berlin and was professor at the Collge de France in Paris from 2016 to 2021. She is the coeditor of Translocations: Histories of Dislocated Cultural Assets; Acquiring Cultures: Histories of World Art on Western Markets; and The Museum Is Open: Towards a Transnational History of Museums. She is the author (with Felwine Sarr) of The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics, known as the Sarr-Savoy Report. She lives in Berlin.
[This] revelatory new book charts the course of an all-but-forgotten movement. . . . . [Savoy's] investigation yields a riveting scholarly whodunnit that doubles as a timely warning. ---Julian Lucas, New Yorker [A] ground-breaking book. ---Dan Hicks, Hyperallergic A fascinating account of lies and disinformation from European institutions in the debate against restitution. . . . Savoy's deeply researched book marks a shift in tone from the many articles written recently on the African restitution debate . . . that erase African voices, focusing instead on the efforts of European intellectuals. ---Nosmot Gbadamosi, Foreign Policy A closely observed look at the resistance of European museums to repatriate artwork looted from Africa during the colonial era. . . . A thoughtful study in the ethics of art collection. * Kirkus Reviews * An incisive and eye-opening history of the first restitution debates that developed from the mid-1960s through to the mid-80s. ---J.J Charlesworth, Art Review [Africa's Struggle for Its Art] reveal[s] a vital understanding of the global story of struggles for African heritage restitution and its historical defeat. . . . [The] book serves as a warning that we have been here before and that last time we lost the battle. But it also serves as a kind of arsenal, to not fall for previous tricks, to expose old lies and to build upon what was already built by so many African and allies over decades. ---Molemo Molloa, Africa is a Country Africa's Struggle for Its Art usefully charts the prequel to current campaigns pressuring for the return of colonial plunder. . . . This is a history that few of us know. ---David D'Arcy, The Arts Fuse An incisive perspective. ---Tobias Carroll, Inside Hook Savoy has . . . made a significant move towards the final decolonisation of European museums and impacting the African nations into not only setting up new museums but also ratifying laws that focus on the protection of their cultural heritage. Hopefully, her book will also influence and shape the larger global conversations on the subject to counter the ridiculous argument of the western nations that such art objects now form an integral part of their own heritage. ---Shelley Walia, Frontline
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