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 Hi Ava, myself I haven t visited any museum on this topic but I lived for 6 months in Senegal and I found how difficult is for people to exit the continenent. How colonial life has affected them and still does. And mostly I realized that despite being able to speak french with them thanks to the colonists: "education", I learned the most when they showed me how deeply they understand human dynamics beyond words, how their perception is much more developed when it comes to the other, to their needs and feelings. Also I come from Romania which indeed is an interesting case of colonisation and how UE migration is affecting the country because we have the second percentage as emigration after Syria. Also we have been occupied by Romans, Ottomans, Austro-Hungary, and living together with Roma people(indians) for more than 700 years. This is biodiversity even if people are not happy with their circumstances. Also I stayed for 3 weeks in a detention center(prison) in Turkey for illegaly crossing borders(even if my case was just a system error) and I have met there women and children from Syria, Afghanistan , Irak, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and they created for me a large picture on this immigration matter. Also i did my research on cultural anthropology so the preservation of cultural heritage is a long and interesting topic for some other time:). Nice to meet you and have a lovely evening🌛💗