Diplomatic gifts as expression of the colonial trauma. Stories of African wooden and ivory sculptures

This article offers an analysis of a series of diplomatic gifts of African origin, part of the “Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu Collection” of the ASTRA National Museum Complex in Sibiu, Romania, from the perspective of their capacity of evoking the trauma of the colonial oppression, in an international...

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Published in:	University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
Main Author:	Horia Iova
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bucharest University Press 2022-10-01
Subjects:	diplomatic gifts african sculpture nicolae ceausescu colonialism cultural performance museum collections
Online Access:	https://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Iova.pdf