Reclaiming and repatriating African heritage

This event is hosted by the African Studies Center and organized as part of U-M's Africa Week, which brings together thought leaders in higher education, industry, and government for a series of discussions on the key issues and opportunities that will shape Africa in the coming decades.

Ambassador Susan D. Page will moderate a discussion with cultural heritage experts from U-M and Africa surrounding the reclamation and repatriation of African heritage from Northern cultural institutions back to Africa.

Panelists

• Kelly Askew, professor of anthropology and Afroamerican & African studies, University of Michigan
• Paul Conway, professor of information, University of Michigan
• Derek Peterson, professor of history and African studies, University of Michigan
• Ciraj Rassool, Professor, faculty of arts, University of Western Cape, and Board Member for District 6 Museum
• Chao Tayiana Maina, co-founder, Museum of British Colonialism
• Moderator: Ambassador Susan D. Page, professor of practice in international diplomacy, University of Michigan

Faculty Expert

Susan D. Page

Professor of Practice in International Diplomacy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Professor from Practice at the University of Michigan's Law School. Director; Weiser Diplomacy Center

Page applies her vast foreign policy experience to the Weiser Diplomacy Center. She has served the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations in senior roles for decades, across East, Central, and Southern Africa, and in Haiti and Nepal. Page was the first U.S. ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan and served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations in Haiti.

• Susan D. Page
• Susan Page
• African heritage
• Colonialism
• Africa Week