<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/marie-cecile-zinsou-art-restitution-colonialism.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>03/12/2021</pubDate><title>Who Owns Culture? Historian Examines Art Restitution and Colonialism</title><description>The trove of Benin's opulent palace art can be found in museums across the globe. Everywhere, that is, except Benin. Art historian Marie-Cécile Zinsou is working to change that. Her Franklin...Who owns culture? Art historian Marie-Cécile Zinsou spoke to the F&amp;M campus about repatriation of artworks taken by France from Benin during colonialism.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3EXOE-kPGQI/hqdefault.jpg" alt="Common Hour - Who Owns Culture? Benin, Art Restitution and Colonialism"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Africana Studies</tag><tag>Art and Art History</tag><tag>Common Hour</tag><tag>International Studies</tag></tags></item>