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• Select Repatriation of antiquities to sub-Saharan Africa: the agony and the ecstasy

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  Repatriation of antiquities to sub-Saharan Africa: the agony and the ecstasy

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20149,942 words Article 1400LAbstract The end of colonisation has witnessed the repatriation of cultural objects from the former colonial powers to the former colonised countries. Examples include the return of objects by Belgium to the...
• Select Why African States must embrace the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention

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  Why African States must embrace the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 17, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20124,321 words Essay 1700LINTRODUCTION Two African countries, Gabon and Nigeria, are Parties to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects. Five States--Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal and...
• Select Extraordinary meeting of states parties to the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

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  Extraordinary meeting of states parties to the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 20, Issue 4)

  Nov. 2013 Article

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• Select BENIN DIALOGUE GROUP: Benin Royal Museum--Three Steps Forward, Six Steps Back

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  BENIN DIALOGUE GROUP: Benin Royal Museum--Three Steps Forward, Six Steps Back

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 23, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20182,918 words Article 1560LINTRODUCTION The Benin Dialogue Group has now convened five times. The inaugural meeting was in December 2010 with 'New Cultures of Collaboration: Sharing of Collections and Quests for Restitution: the Benin Case' as...
• Select First session of the subsidiary committee of the meeting of states parties to the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

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  First session of the subsidiary committee of the meeting of states parties to the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 20, Issue 4)

  Nov. 2013 Article

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• Select BENIN BRONZES: SOMETHING GRAVE HAPPENED AND IMPERIAL RULE OF LAW IS SUSTAINING IT!

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  BENIN BRONZES: SOMETHING GRAVE HAPPENED AND IMPERIAL RULE OF LAW IS SUSTAINING IT!

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 24, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20195,735 words Article 1560LIn 1897 a great tragedy befell the kingdom of Benin when a British punitive expedition looted the treasury of treasures in the royal palace and plundered artefacts including those of great spirituality to the Bini...
• Select Expert meeting on the 20th anniversary of UNESCO's memory of the world programme

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  Expert meeting on the 20th anniversary of UNESCO's memory of the world programme

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 19, Issue 4)

  Nov. 2012 Article

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• Select The rise of negotiation (ADR) in restitution, return and repatriation of cultural property: moral pressure and power pressure

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  The rise of negotiation (ADR) in restitution, return and repatriation of cultural property: moral pressure and power pressure

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 22, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20176,822 words Report 1480L"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" Shakespeare 2 Henry VI, 4.2.59 INTRODUCTION Litigation of any kind is expensive and all the more so in respect of claims to recover cultural property which...
• Select Restitution of antiquities to Sub-Saharan Africa: the booty and captivity: a study of some of the unsuccessful efforts to retrieve cultural objects purloined in the age of imperialism in Africa

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  Restitution of antiquities to Sub-Saharan Africa: the booty and captivity: a study of some of the unsuccessful efforts to retrieve cultural objects purloined in the age of imperialism in Africa

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 20, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20157,128 words Article 1510LINTRODUCTION During the colonial period, particularly in the nineteenth century, colonial officials, teachers, missionaries, settlers and adventurers indulged in collecting extravaganzas of cultural objects of the...
• Select Return of Makonde Mask from Switzerland to Tanzania--a righteous conclusion?

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  Return of Makonde Mask from Switzerland to Tanzania--a righteous conclusion?

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20112,137 words Article 1420LINTRODUCTION In an earlier article in this Journal entitled 'Negotiations for the Return of Nok Sculptures from France to Nigeria--An Unrighteous Conclusion' (1) I criticised the arrangement whereby Nigeria allowed...
• Select BENIN DIALOGUE GROUP: Perhaps No Longer a Dialogue with the Deaf! University of Cambridge Students to the Rescue!

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  BENIN DIALOGUE GROUP: Perhaps No Longer a Dialogue with the Deaf! University of Cambridge Students to the Rescue!

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:Art Antiquity & Law (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20172,190 words Article 1450LIn an earlier article in this journal, I traced the origin and progress of the Benin Dialogue Group. (1) In 2007 a marvellous exhibition entitled Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria took place in Vienna at...
• Select Legislative and administrative implementation of 1970 UNESCO Convention by African states: the failure to grasp the nettle

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  Legislative and administrative implementation of 1970 UNESCO Convention by African states: the failure to grasp the nettle

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 21, Issue 1)

  Feb. 2014 Article

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• Select UNESCO-BREDA workshop on capacity-building and awareness-raising on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in West Africa: Dakar, Senegal, 17-19 September 2012

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  UNESCO-BREDA workshop on capacity-building and awareness-raising on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in West Africa: Dakar, Senegal, 17-19 September 2012

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 20, Issue 4)

  Nov. 2013 Article

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• Select The 16th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation, 21-23 September 2010

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  The 16th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation, 21-23 September 2010

  Author:Folarin ShyllonFrom:International Journal of Cultural Property (Vol. 18, Issue 4)

  Nov. 2011 Article

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