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Explore the hidden relations between plantations in the Global South, where profits to build museums are extracted from, and museums in the Global North, where art from the plantations is held and academic scholarship is funded, in the six-part series Plantations and Museums.

The series follows CATPC members Matthieu Kasiama and Ced’art Tamasala as they travel from the battleground of the Pende rebellion to the museum that has the Balot sculpture in its collection in the United States, interviewing key thinkers on the sculpture and postcolonial discourse along the way.

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01

The Revolt

“In 1911, a remarkable system was installed by Unilever: a system of forced labour.”

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02

The Sculpture

“The sculpture was hidden. When the Belgians came, they ransacked the whole place”.

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03

The Plunder

"There is no other way to defeat imperialism, than to build your own world."

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04

The Museum

“If it was not for plantations, you would not have all these beautiful art museums you see in Europe.”

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05

The Collector

“I think this enormous concentration on the return of physical objects is reactionary. It is about ideas.”

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06

The Return

“That would be a very interesting possibility to explore, to be able to share the work back”

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