What Happened When A Maasai Delegation Visited An Oxford Museum To See Where Their Sacred Belongings Ended Up?

“The Pitt Rivers has more than 300,000 objects in its collection, many of which were ‘acquired’ by colonial functionaries, missionaries and anthropologists in the heyday of the British empire. … Keenly aware of its problematic origins, the Pitt Rivers, like many museums, engages ‘originating communities’ – in the museum-world lingo – to allow them to reclaim the narrative around their objects. Last month, [elder Samwell] Nangiria, with four other Maasai from Tanzania and Kenya, and help from the Oxford-based NGO InsightShare, returned to do so.” — The Guardian

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