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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='France Wonders: Who Owns Colonial Art?' data-article-id='5095'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12146'>Is taking African artwork from a European museum a political act, or a criminal one?</span> <span data-start-time='12146' data-end-time='26833'>That is the question a French court is considering this week at the trial of a Congolese activist who wants his country’s art returned.</span> <span data-start-time='26833' data-end-time='33646'>It belongs to us! shouted a Black woman watching the trial.</span> <span data-start-time='33646' data-end-time='45021'>She began to cry and then left the trial after a museum lawyer said the art belongs to the French state.</span> <span data-start-time='45021' data-end-time='57083'>The Quai Branly Museum in Paris holds thousands of artworks from former colonies in African and Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='57083' data-end-time='66021'>Many of the valuable artworks were taken by colonial officials and brought to French museums.</span> <span data-start-time='66021' data-end-time='77438'>Congo-born Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza and four other activists are facing trial for attempted stealing.</span> <span data-start-time='77438' data-end-time='85854'>They tried to remove a 19th century African funeral pole from the museum.</span> <span data-start-time='85854' data-end-time='94688'> In June, they livestreamed the act on Facebook which they said was a protest.</span> <span data-start-time='94688' data-end-time='97792'>Guards quickly stopped them.</span> <span data-start-time='97792' data-end-time='103875'>The activists argue that they never planned to steal the work.</span> <span data-start-time='103875' data-end-time='108938'> They wanted to call attention to its where it came from, they said.</span> <span data-start-time='108938' data-end-time='117146'>At the trial, however, behind every question and answer were the bigger questions.</span> <span data-start-time='117146' data-end-time='123167'>How should former colonial rulers make up for their mistakes?</span> <span data-start-time='123167' data-end-time='127021'>Who really “owns” the artworks?</span> <span data-start-time='127021' data-end-time='137625'>The questions took on new urgency after this year's international protests against racial injustice.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/when_a_nation_takes_control_of_other_lands_regions_or_territories_outside_of_its_borders_.wav'><span>when a nation takes control of other lands, regions, or territories outside of its borders </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/a_type_of_interior_decorating.wav'><span>a type of interior decorating</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/the_celebration_of_thanksgiving_in_other_countries.wav'><span>the celebration of Thanksgiving in other countries</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/a_british_holiday.wav'><span>a British holiday</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15992 data-hint-location='12146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/where_is_trial_regarding_ownership_of_artwork_being_held.wav'>Where is trial regarding ownership of artwork being held?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='France'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/france.wav'><span>France</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/sweden.wav'><span>Sweden</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/republic_of_the_congo.wav'><span>Republic of the Congo</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/germany.wav'><span>Germany</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15993 data-hint-location='123167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/this_article_asks_who_really_owns_the__blank_.wav'>This article asks who really owns the <span class='blank'>artwork</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='artwork'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/artwork.wav'><span>artwork</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/roads.wav'><span>roads</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/publishing_rights.wav'><span>publishing rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4568/stock_market.wav'><span>stock market</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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