With a column published in the daily The Morningthe political scientist and author Nadia Nsayi relaunched, on January 6, the controversy over the treatment of the colonial past by Belgian institutions, and particularly by the Museum of Central Africa, where for three years she has been responsible for the cultural programming. The text of Mme Nsayi was titled « Bye bye Africa Museum ? »the new name of the institution, renamed in 2018. That year, the museum also became a research center on the African continent.
In his column, Mme Nsayi denounces what she considers to be the museum’s failures in terms of openness to diversity and in-depth study of the colonial period. “The museum gives the impression of being “decolonized”, in practice I distinguish paternalism in its collaboration with its partners [belgo-]African »explains the author. The institution is, according to her, still not ready to entrust responsibilities to black people or to consider the appointment of an expert of African origin who would co-manage the institution, alongside the director general. , Bart Ouvry, a former diplomat appointed in 2023. “I would be open to that because I am in favor of teamwork, but it is a political decision that does not belong to me”indicates to Monde M. Ouvry.
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