Cultural Restitution
April 4, 2023
TANZANIA
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Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Tanzania, together with other restitution news.
Entries are updated regularly.
April 2023
East African families are seeking to recover the remains of their ancestors, removed at the beginning of the 20th century and now held in German colonial collections
March 2023
Hermann Parzinger is recommending the return of hundreds of skulls removed by German scientists from Tanzania during the colonial period
More News
A delegation of Shuar representatives from Ecuador visited the UK this month on a week-long programme to exchange knowledge, strengthen collaboration and learn how different museums in England are “looking after our ancestors”
While some museums continue to wrestle over their ‘Benin dilemma’, the Denver Art Museum is celebrating a cultural collaboration with Nigeria that has lasted over five decades
It’s no easy matter resolving the current ethical debate over the retention and exhibition of human remains. But one public collection is asking visitors to cast their vote