Activists held for taking African statue from museum in colonialism protest

Activists who want museums to return artifacts taken during eras of colonialism tried to take a wooden statue from the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal. Mwazulu Diyabanza was taken into custody by Dutch police along with colleagues of the M-UDC organization, he said on social media. The entire action was streamed live to Diyabanza's Facebook page. He said it was "part of the recovery operation of our works of art which were ALL acquired by looting, theft, and violence" during the period of colonization and the slave trade.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Friday, 11 September 2020 - 13:35 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/11/activists-held-taking-african-statue-museum-colonialism-protest