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Konradin Kunze

Mangi Meli Remains

  • Animation
  • History

An old man from Kilimanjaro is missing the head of his grandfather.

RELEASE

2020-03-15

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LENGTH

12 min

Description

In Old Moshi, Tanzania, a head is missing : the skull of Chief Meli, who fought the German colonial occupation of his territory and was executed in response to his resistance in 1900. This animated film, based on archival sources and oral accounts provided by Chief Meli's grandson, sheds light on the racist roots of physical anthropology and ethnological museums.