Mati Diop Gives Stolen African Artifacts a Voice in Her ‘Fantasy Documentary’ ‘Dahomey’

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• In 2021, 26 treasures pillaged by French colonial troops from the African kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 were repatriated from a Paris museum to the Republic of Benin, the subject of Diop's film
• 'Dahomey' won the Golden Bear at Berlin and is Senegal's Oscar submission for best international film, cementing Diop as a rising auteur exploring the impact of colonialism through a unique cinematic lens