USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: Oxford university holds onto Ugandan cultural artifacts

                              Oxford university and Ugandan cultural artifacts

 

The University of Oxford in UK has confirmed it is keeping 279 cultural artifacts that were taken from Bunyoro during the colonial period. The university, however, says it has no plans to send back the items since nobody has asked for them officially.

 

The curator and joint head of collections at Pitt Rivers Museum at the university, Jeremy Coote, confirmed in an email that they were keeping 279 items from Bunyoro. They include: Omukama Kabalega's throne, vessels, ornaments, medical equipment and baskets. These items are in the "most important" category of collections at the museum.

 

"One of the most important areas of the museum's collections from Uganda are materials from the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, numbering 279 objects. The museum holds an eight-legged wooden stool (throne) that is said to have been used by Omukama Kabalega," Coote said.

 

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/645499-british-university-holds-onto-bunyoro-cultural-artifacts.html