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Uganda: Cambridge University to Return Uganda's Historic Artefacts
Monitor, 24 October 2021
The University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) in England is set to return historic artefacts to the Uganda National Museum in Kampala. The items were… Read more »
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Uganda: Where Are Uganda's Artefacts?
Monitor, 17 October 2004
Everything in a museum has historic importance and deserves potent protection. If you have been to the Uganda museum, it may not have impressed you but it still stores all our… Read more »
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Africa: Adichie Wants Unlawfully Acquired Artifacts From Africa Returned
This Day, 30 September 2021
A renowned writer and activist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has charged European powers to banish the ghost of their infamous colonial past and return the arts (artifacts),… Read more »
Cambridge University to Return Uganda's Historic Artefacts
The University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) in England is set to return historic artefacts to the Uganda National Museum in Kampala. The items were collected and donated to MAA by the late British anthropologist and missionary, Reverend John Roscoe.
Roscoe who died in 1932, was a member of the Anglican Missionary Society. In 1884, he travelled to what became the British Protectorate of Uganda and lived among the indigenous people until 1909. He spent 25 years in Africa and conducted anthropological data collection of artefacts.
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French authorities have said it will return 26 artworks looted from Benin during the colonial era. The pieces are at the Quai Branly museum in Paris. Senegal will also ... Read more »
