#museumofstolenhistory — Public Fediverse posts

Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-ec3

Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-ec3

Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-ec3

Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-ec3

Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-ec3

There are about 10 such masks, but none remains in the Democratic Republic of #Congo: 1.5 m tall & about 10 kg heavy - that is the truly monumental #Kakuungu dance mask.

In part 7 of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent tells its story: https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-019

There are about 10 such masks, but none remains in the Democratic Republic of #Congo: 1.5 m tall & about 10 kg heavy - that is the truly monumental #Kakuungu dance mask.

In part 7 of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent tells its story: https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-019

There are about 10 such masks, but none remains in the Democratic Republic of #Congo: 1.5 m tall & about 10 kg heavy - that is the truly monumental #Kakuungu dance mask.

In part 7 of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent tells its story: https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-019

There are about 10 such masks, but none remains in the Democratic Republic of #Congo: 1.5 m tall & about 10 kg heavy - that is the truly monumental #Kakuungu dance mask.

In part 7 of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent tells its story: https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-019

There are about 10 such masks, but none remains in the Democratic Republic of #Congo: 1.5 m tall & about 10 kg heavy - that is the truly monumental #Kakuungu dance mask.

In part 7 of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent tells its story: https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-019

Part 6 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-1b9

Part 6 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-1b9

Part 6 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-1b9

Part 6 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-1b9

Part 6 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-1b9

Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

pp. 15-18: https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_5b68202d227c438288289b2ad138f4da.pdf

Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

pp. 15-18: https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_5b68202d227c438288289b2ad138f4da.pdf

Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

pp. 15-18: https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_5b68202d227c438288289b2ad138f4da.pdf

Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

pp. 15-18: https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_5b68202d227c438288289b2ad138f4da.pdf

Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

pp. 15-18: https://www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287178_5b68202d227c438288289b2ad138f4da.pdf

And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-6ba

And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-6ba

And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-6ba

And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-6ba

And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-6ba

And in the 3rd episode of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent puts on display an object so iconic, you'd immediately recognize it: the #RosettaStone.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-43d

And in the 3rd episode of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent puts on display an object so iconic, you'd immediately recognize it: the #RosettaStone.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-43d

And in the 3rd episode of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent puts on display an object so iconic, you'd immediately recognize it: the #RosettaStone.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-43d

And in the 3rd episode of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent puts on display an object so iconic, you'd immediately recognize it: the #RosettaStone.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-43d

And in the 3rd episode of their #MuseumOfStolenHistory series, @thecontinent puts on display an object so iconic, you'd immediately recognize it: the #RosettaStone.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history-part-43d

Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history

Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history

Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history

Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history

Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-stolen-history