Mangi Meli Remains

2020

12 min

Swahili

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

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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.

Status
Released
Production
Flinn Works

Keywords

  • africa
  • museum
  • tanzania
  • colonisation
  • genocide
  • german colonialism

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Top Cast

Nkwabi Elias Ng'angasamala as Narrator (Mzee)

Top Crew

Konradin Kunze · Director

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