Episode notes

Juma relates restitution of African heritage products to human rights. He reveals how post-colonial legislations have been abused, thereby dislodging cultural objects from the community, to the western nations.

He also exposes the myth surrounding African heritage products stored in Western Museums, as artistic objects, rather than being valuable spiritual, economic and political objects to the lives of the communities from which they were stolen from.

He fondly narrates about human remains stored in the global North and the Vigango (funerary posts from the Giriama Community) held in Germany museum, and their relevance in protecting the community. He crusades for the cultural products to be brought back to the relevant communities who initially owned them and have spiritual bonds with them.

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