Yesterday marked 125 years since the hanging of Mangi Meli and 18 others, making a total of 19. Some of their remains, e.g. Mangi Meli’s skull, were taken by German colonialists and have never been returned to this day. #PamojaRT #GJHeritageWalks
All photo credits to Esther Awwami
Instead, I write about still open questions and I provide context. An article on the complicated situation. @table.media (in German, €). Thanks to everyone who answered questions. 2/
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While attending that repatriation ceremony at Charité on January 16, I thought I‘d write about the truly moving ceremony, cite from those touching speeches, and that I’d tell more about the 12 Hehe ancestors whose remains were (supposed to be) repatriated. 1/
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My latest (in German) at @riffreporter.bsky.social :
Decolonial initiatives lose project room in Berlin’s Wilhelmstraße 92, which is about where in 1884/85 the Berlin Africa Conference took place. The lease will not be renewed.
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About the opening of “Histories of Tanzania” at Humboldt Forum. My reporting (in German) @riffreporter.bsky.social . With pictures by Tanzanian photographer Imani Nsamila. Thanks @sporkpeter.bsky.social for editing.
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In a museum hall. Wooden entanglements in the background. A man who is talking in front.
In the same context, today Amani Abeid, an artist who is part of “Histories of Tanzania” told me: “The museums should extend the capacities of spreading the knowledge about histories - not only in Tanzania but throughout the world. The new generation, they have their spaces.”
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A screen showing a scene with people who wear masks
With Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe, an artist is part of both VINYAGO and “Histories of Tanzania”. Also, the documentary film about VINYAGO was shown as part of this weekend’s accompanying program.
Here, a famous scene about Tanzania’s young generation
Photo Credit: me
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A photo collage: An older man drawn in front of an information board which reads: “Remembering, reconciling, bearing united responsibility for our future
While thinking about omissions, I’ve been thinking of Mnyaka Sururu Mboro. A key diaspora person in decolonizing TZ-GER colonial legacy. And someone whose voice was to be heard in VINYAGO.
Photo collage: drawing by Marco Tibasima, photo by me.
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A conversation between a woman in a business suit and a man in white traditional clothes
Big respect to the community representatives who have come to Humboldt Forum - not just any space. And the two panels with them yesterday - wow.
And I feel grateful for each conversation. Here, with Chief Adam Mkwawa.
Photo Credit: Imani Nsamila
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A drawing. A round circle discussion. In the background there are masks.
While listening to the panels at Humboldt Forum this weekend, I’ve also been reminded of the talks after the VINYAGO performances at Humboldt Forum in 2022.
What is the state of Tanzanian-German colonial legacy?
Drawing: Marco Tibasima for our #gjheritagewalks #pamojart
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A drawing. A performance. An audience watching dancers who wear masks. In the background visuals of Humboldt Forum.
These days, with “Histories of Tanzania” now open at Humboldt Forum, I’ve been thinking a lot of when two years back, VINYAGO was there, co-curated by Isack Abeneko, Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe and Gita Herrmann.
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A white woman with a face mask in a hall looking up at the mounted skeleton of a tall dinosaur. A thinking bubble, there: the woman and a Black man sitting, in the background the skeleton surrounded by palms, a big tree, an ancient building.
As I’m on my my way to #DinoInTheRoom - a civil society dialogue @BoellStiftung on German colonial history in Tanzania - I’m thinking of @MarcoTibasima and my 2020 dinosaur drawing, part of #gjheritagewalks .
An Illustration. A woman with a mask in a museum hall looking at a set up dinosaur sceleton. In the left above corner a thinking bubble which shows the woman and a man sitting in a café and behind them outside the same dinosaur skeleton surrounded by palms and a building. Artist’s signature: Marco Tibasima
Finally, I’ve made it here to this blue sky. Happy to connect. I’m a freelance journalist and lifelong student. My slow journalism research #gjheritagewalks focuses on the colonial legacy of Tanzania and Germany. I believe in team work and learning from each other. Illustration: Marco Tibasima, 2020
