"African art is often treated as coming from before the colonial past, " said senior curator Julia Charlton.
Like many Latin American countries, Mexico, independence once won, put behind it its colonial past only in a series of struggles between reforming liberals and church-allied conservatives.
Its bitter colonial past is still fresh in memories on both sides of the Mediterranean, and France was stung by a series of bomb attacks two years ago.
"We have an obligation derived from this colonial past - and a particular responsibility because many of the companies operating in DRC are European companies, " says Ana Gomes, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament with the Socialist Party.
There is another elephant in the room, which is what she describes as the "love-hate" relationship Americans have with the UK, its colonial past, and the idea that in the creation of modern-day America the very idea of a monarchy was considered then eschewed.
Then, to peruse the city's colonial past (it fell to the British in 1815) ramble the lanes of the British Garrison Cemetery, whose deaths, detailed on carved Victorian headstones and including sun stroke, jungle fever and rampaging elephants, paint a fascinating picture of colonial perils.
This does not necessitate a return to the colonial attitudes of the past, but rather a keener appreciation of our unique human, physical and political advantages.
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Some people have retorted that such a canon should also reflect the unhappier moments in the Dutch past, including colonial wars and the failure to save many Jews from the Nazis.
Colonial Williamsburg prides itself on bringing the past to life, and we are soon interrupted by tourists streaming into the room, taking a tour.
Mexico and Peru, with their rich heritage of pre-hispanic architecture, have long had an eye on the past, and are zealous in preserving their Spanish colonial towns.
Ministers have defended the level of financial help in the past on the basis of the extreme poverty that remains in rural areas and historical colonial ties between the two countries.
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