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Ethiopia receives historic artefacts held in Germany for 100 years

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07m7pl3njmo New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-forgotten-movement-to-reclaim-africas-stolen-art Twelve artifacts kept by a German family for over 100 years have been returned to Ethiopia. The German family collected the items in the 1920s when Franz Weiss and his wife were envoys to Ethiopia and they collected crowns, shields, and paintings which the Ethiopian authorities had requested be returned. Professor Ramon Wyss, son… Read more »