The project to be implemented at a cost of 400,000 euros will start next year, with the visit of a delegation of Rwandan archivists who will define their priorities.
The debate on the return of property to former colonies is not new in Belgium according to The Belgian Radio-Television of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (RTBF). Last week, Minister De Croo participated in a conference aiming to strengthen the links between Africa and Europe, supported notably by the Central African Museum, the Royal Library and Egmont Institute., the Think Tank of Foreign Affairs.
At the beginning of the week, 36 specialists from Africa signed an open letter, published in De Standaard Belgian newspaper, in which they pleaded for a return of goods seized in Africa by Belgium during its colonial period.
For De Croo, today, it is important to discuss this restitution with the authorities and museum directors, but also with experts from the African countries concerned.
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