Papaye n° 3
Edito
: What
is a museul used for ?
Who is choosing the content of museum ? On what ground an object or a creation, rather than
another one, is immortalised ? Who is defining its cultural value, its age (in terms of past years) ?
On
which terms does this past through its objects, concern us in our material
Greed and our multimedia-mania ? Is it a way of making a comparison between our technological
skills and the barbarian world our ancestors ? Why the contents of African museums are chosen by
outsiders ? Are their references of reality and value adaptable to the African reality ? Does this
represent the reason why African museums are desperately unknown ?
Oumar
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