Eva Namusoke writes:
The report is structured around four major categories, chosen for ease of research, though collectors sometimes built collections that now span multiple museums, and there are objects that could be placed in more than one category.
These are:
- Category A: artefacts made by African people;
- Category B: natural history specimens;
- Category C: materials that significantly reference or depict African people or Africa;
- Category D: artefacts made with material from Africa. The report also covers the human/ancestral remains cared for at the University of Cambridge.
A final chapter focuses on restitution and repatriation, and returns to Africa from the University.
The report concludes with recommendations informed by the findings of this research, offering ways forward in the areas of hiring, research, documentation, teaching, collaborations, and public access to collections.
A key theme is ensuring that African people are centred in these recommendations as experts and communities of origin to begin addressing the historical lack of access to so much of the African material at the University.
The links offer access to the full report and to a summary.
