Inside the world's 'last colonial museum' in Belgium

submitted by Liket on 08/07/20 1

How should Europe’s painful colonial past be told, and who gets to tell it? (Click to subscribe for more Channel 4 News videos. www.youtube.com/channel4news?sub_confirmation=1) That’s what they’re struggling with at Belgium’s Africa Museum, home of the world’s largest collection of African art. Built on the site of what was once a human zoo, which showcased Africans as if they were animals, it’s now undergoing a massive renovation. But instead of removing controversial artefacts, they’re relabeling them. Channel 4 News was allowed inside what’s been called the “last colonial museum.”

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