UDavid Adjaye eMiami Beach, eFlorida.Alexander Tamargo / Getty Izithombe zoyilo Miami Emuva ngoJulayi, amaphepha-ndaba aseFrance abhengeza ukuba iArhente yoPhuculo yaseFrance ivumile ukuboleka i-22.5 yezigidi zeedola kwiarhente yelifa lemveli eBenin kulwakhiwo lwemyuziyam kwisixeko sase-Abomey. Imali yanikezelwa njengelinge lokulungisa ikhosi yobukoloniyali ebonwe kwihlabathi liphela: xa iFrance yangena kwimbambano kunye noBukumkani baseDahomey kwiminyaka ye-1800, imikhosi yaseFrance yaphanga inani elithile lezinto ezivela eBenin, ethi emva koko zagcinwa kwiziko lolondolozo lwembali lasePuaan Quai.
Ngamanye amagama, ayingobantu baseFrance kuphela ababuyisela oko babebile ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka ngaphambili, babezimisele ukunceda ukuxhasa ngemali isakhiwo esasizakubonisa oko kwakuyiBenin kwasekuqaleni. Olu phuhliso lwemyuziyam lusaqhubeka, kodwa ayililo lodwa iziko elakhiwayo eNtshona Afrika ngenjongo yokwakha ubutyebi obuphangwe kanye. Kule veki, isithethi semfuno Umyili weenkwenkwezi zobugcisa uDavid Adjaye uxelelwe Ubugcisa U-Adjaye wayechongelwe isifundo esinokwenzeka kwiBenin Royal Museum entsha eBenin City, eNigeria, enokuthi ibambe izinto zobugcisa ezibiweyo kubukumkani bembali, ezinje ngebronzes yaseBenin. INigeria ibikhankasela ukubuya kwebronzes ukusukela nge1960s; kwiimyuziyam ezininzi ezibambe inxenye yezi zinto zakudala, iMyuziyam yaseBritane ivumile ukubuyisa ezinye zezabelo zayo, kodwa kuphela okwethutyana, ngokujikeleza .
I-Adjaye ligama elimiselweyo xa kusiziwa ekunikezeleni ngeendawo zobugcisa, esele inoxanduva loyilo lweMyuziyam kaZwelonke yeMbali yaseMelika kunye neNkcubeko eWashington, DC, echaphazela iZiko likaStephen Lawrence eLondon naseMoscow School of Ulawulo eSkolkovo, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi. Uhlobo olwahlukileyo luka-Adjaye lubandakanya inkohliso yemali eseleyo: uninzi lwezinto azidalileyo zikhangeleka ngathi zixinene ngokungathi zizokuwisa. Kutshanje, u-Adjaye wenze iziko lobugcisa elidibeneyo kunye nelipuzzle ISan Antonio ibizwa ngokuba sisiXeko saseRuby . Ngokufanelekileyo, esi sakhiwo sihle ngumthunzi obomvu ocacileyo kunye neliso.
Ummeli ka-Adjaye uxelele Ubugcisa ukuba umyili wezakhiwo ebedibene neqela leBenin's Dialogue Group ukuze aphumeze umbono wakhe wemyuziyam, kwaye uAdjaye unomdla wokunceda eli qela liqinisekise ukuba le mbali izakubanendawo yayo kwilixa elizayo laseNigeria. Ngokumalunga neziko lolondolozo lwembali elingekakhiwa kwisixeko saseBenin e-Abomey, oko kusalindelwe ukuba kuvulwe ngonyaka ka-2021.
