Human Remains from the Former German Colony of East Africa: Recontextualization and Approaches for Restitution

ISBN-13: 9783412523442 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin; Benhard S. Heeb; Charles Kabwete-Mulinda

Opis

The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and comtemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the variying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter. Decolonising African memory and rethinking colonial archives

O autorze

Bernhard Heeb ist Wissenschaftler am Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte im Neuen Museum in Berlin. Charles Kabwete Mulinda is Associate Professor at the University of Rwanda and Acting Head of the Department of History and Heritage Studies. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda.