Include reliquaries, masks and statues, while some exceptional video and music clips offer an insight into rituals and ceremonies normally reserved for initiates. With this new website, Gabon issues “a message of hope for international and cultural institutions, both public and private, regarding the opening of a new road to sustainable development via the just return of works dispersed around the world to their countries of origin,” explains the president of Gabon.

- Total is supporting this pioneering initiative -

Gabon is the first country in the world to open an online museum of arts and traditions, via http://www.gabonart.com, the official site for Gabonese arts and culture. As a partner in this project, Total seeks to help bring the cultural riches of Africa to a wider audience.