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.
October 2025
A former Tanzanian MP and environmental activist is demanding the repatriation of the Tendeguru fossils removed by German colonial explorers in the 19th century
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
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A rare and important 19th century gold hairpin once owned by Empress Tiruwork, wife of the Abyssinian Emperor Tewodros II, will be returning to Ethiopia following negotiations by the Royal Ethiopian Trust with the Rome auction house Bertolami Fine Art
In 2022 several western collections made a decision to transfer ownership of their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Reassured by progress on the construction of a major new facility in Benin City, they understood their Benin artefacts would be exhibited in a new museum to be called the Edo Museum of West African Art
After years of delay and political distraction, the official opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum finally took place in the shadow of the pyramids on the evening of November 1st attended by monarchs, world leaders, heads of state and government