The Albers Foundation is opening a museum in Senegal to show African art and facilitate the repatriation of objects from the West:
Rendering of the proposed Bët-bi museum and center for culture and community in Senegal © atelier masōmī.
Bët-bi, which means “the eye” in Wolof, will showcase contemporary and historical African art, as well as offering a special educational program. Local curators and museum professionals will staff the museum, which will also participate in guest curator programs with other institutions in Africa and internationally.
The museum will also act as a facilitator between Western collections and African nations by serving as a temporary space to store repatriated African objects for communities that do not yet have the resources to care for them. “For far too long our region has been a place where cultural wealth is pillaged to profit museum collections. This project is an opportunity to design a new type of space that is inspired by the roots and spiritual legacy of the region,” said Kamara. “It is a chance to push the boundaries of what defines a museum in the 21st century.”
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