@article{fdi:010089426,
  title = {{T}he {B}ook {L}iberator : {R}astafari and the return of {M}aqdala's artefacts to {E}thiopia},
  author = {{B}onacci, {G}iulia and {G}ray, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}rawing on {R}astafari's campaigns for the return of sacred objects looted by {B}ritish forces in {M}aqdala, {E}thiopia, in 1868, this paper offers a significantly under-researched case of diasporic community interventions on broader debates concerning restitution, reparations, and repatriation.








{T}he focus of this intervention is {R}as {S}eymour {M}clean, who, between 1983 and 1984, reclaimed thousands of books and manuscripts held in {B}ritish public institutions and was called ?{T}he {B}ook {L}iberator.? {I}n situating this act within a wider resurgence of {P}an-{A}frican activity and histories of








repair, this paper explores the structuring impact of the demands of restitution of the objects seized in {M}aqdala to demonstrate how diasporic imagination can be mobilised to redress the historical relation between {E}thiopia and {B}ritain, whilst simultaneously centring the role of people of








{A}frican descent in this process.},
  keywords = {{ETHIOPIE} ; {ROYAUME} {UNI} ; {JAMAIQUE}},
  booktitle = {{R}etours de restitutions [dossier]},
  journal = {{C}ahiers d'Études {A}fricaines},
  volume = {251-252},
  numero = {},
  pages = {835--858},
  ISSN = {0008-0055},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.4000/etudesafricaines.45658},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089426},
}