Interview

Kokou Azamede, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

The restitution debate in Togo

17 January 2024

(0:22 h)

Interview

Kokou Azamede, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

The restitution debate in Togo

The issue of restitution is an ongoing topic of public debate in both European and African societies. In this GHIL podcast interview, GHIL Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König talk to Kokou Azamede, Associate Professor at the Department of German Studies at the University of Lomé, about his work with local communities in the former German colony of Togo, which assesses their knowledge and perception of colonial cultural goods and human remains from their region. Azamede’s research shows new pathways to understanding and cooperation with a view to possible restitution.

Don’t miss his accompanying GHIL Lecture on "The Perception of Colonial Cultural Goods and Human Remains among Communities in the Former German Colony of Togo in the Context of the Restitution Debate".