In class we were talking about different museum exhibits and the meanings behind them. We talked about ones with racist themes (a whip area for slaves) and one representing museum guards. We talked about how that exhibit included 4 headless when dressed in nothing noticeable which was a symbol for how almost everyone ignores museum […]

These African artifacts being in a British museum is one part of the legacy of colonialism.  Modern Africans do not have many of their cultural and historical artifacts in their museums, because they were taken from their countries during the colonial period.  This can create a lack of understanding of their culture and history, because […]