More than a century after German colonial explorers unearthed the Tendeguru fossils (among the world’s richest dinosaur discoveries) debate is rising in Tanzania over restitution, profit-sharing and recognition for the communities that bore the cost.
Lulida, who served in parliament’s natural resources committee in the mid-2000s, has become one of the loudest voices pushing for Germany to compensate or at least partner with Tanzania in developing the Tendeguru site as a heritage and tourism center.
‘Germany built a museum and profits from the fossils,’ she told a local gathering recently. ‘But Tendeguru village still has no proper roads, no clean water, no schools. This is injustice.’
