Letizia Gaja Pinoja

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The renowned Swiss ethnologist, merchant and art collector Hans Himmelheber, photographed in 1971 with his masks. © Rietberg Museum, Zurich

"And I said to the Minister: I'm glad that Switzerland never participated in either slavery or colonization”.

Four years after this statement by former Swiss minister Doris Leuthard during a visit to Benin, eight Swiss museums joined the Benin Switzerland Initiative. This initiative is part of a process of decolonizing museums. Through this initiative, Swiss museums have discovered that, of the 97 objects in the collection originating from the Kingdom of Benin, 40% come from the colonial period.

If you were to ask the Swiss what they think of their colonial history, most would say that it doesn't exist. Researchers have nevertheless proved the colonial involvement of Switzerland, or rather of certain Swiss people.…  Seguir leyendo »