Changing Narratives with Endy C. Ezeluomba

The curator of African art at the New Orleans Museum of Art on restitution and the future of African art.

Ndubuisi “Endy” C. Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, shares his thoughts on restitution, connecting the classic and contemporary, and the future of African art.

Send It Back!

Chronicling the African Art Repatriation Debate

As the debate about the restitution and repatriation of looted African artworks and cultural artefacts rages on, we chronicle the timeline of events that have and continue to shape the question, should Western museums send back looted African art.

Art of the Hemba and Luba Peoples

Sacral royalty and the belief in the great ancestors strongly influenced the masterpieces of the Luba and Hemba. The sculptures of both ethnic groups, however, show significant differences.