Human remains from the former German colony of East Africa : : recontextualization and approaches for restitution / / edited by Bernhard S. Heeb, Charles Kabwete-Mulinda.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kabwete Mulinda, Charles,; Heeb, Bernhard S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Köln : : Böhlau Verlag,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (471 pages)

"More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. 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 contemporary 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 varying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter."-- Publisher's description.

Table of Contents

On the History of the Anthropological Collections at the Museum of Pre- and Early History -- The Recontextualisation of Human Remains in Colonial East Africa- The Human Remains from Rwanda in the Colonial Era -- The Public Debates on Human Remains in Germany -- Colonial Networks -- The Colonial Context in which African and Rwandan Human Remains were Collected -- Reconstructing the Provenance of Rwandan Human Remains at a Local Level -- Historical Research on the Human Remains Originating from Rwanda -- Possibilities of Restitution of Rwandan Ancestors' Human Remains and Issues of Repatriation, Reparation and Memorialisation -- Historical Provenance Research on Human Remains originating from the United Republic of Tanzania -- Historical Provenance Research on Human Remains originating from the Republic of Kenya.