The long fight to return the 'Ségou treasure,' a spoil of colonization
- Posted on August 12, 2026
- By Le Monde
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The long fight to return the 'Ségou treasure,' a spoil of colonization
The Sufi spiritual leader El Hadj Omar Tall, who counted hundreds of thousands of followers, was a 19th-century scholar and anti-colonialist fighter. France's adoption of a law on the restitution of stolen cultural property could allow his descendants to recover his manuscripts, jewelry, and valuable possessions.
