PARIS, May 5 A child no older than three laid to rest sideways in an earthen grave 78,000 years ago, legs carefully tucked up against its tiny chest, is the earliest known human burial in Africa, researchers reported today. The sunken pit, in a cave complex along the coast of Kenya, was bereft.
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Illinois State Museum Joins Global Conversation on the Return of Cultural Heritage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois State Museum (ISM) will join museums, universities, and museum professionals across five continents virtually April through June to present a four-part conversation series on repatriation and the return of cultural heritage.
Due to colonization practices, museums hold in their collections ancestors, belongings, and treasures belonging to Indigenous peoples. As museums atone with past practices and engage Indigenous communities, they are beginning to return some of their holdings to the cultures where they belong. However, a viable, international approach to repatriation has yet to be found.
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The six suspects were arrested along the Emali-Wote road with illegal sandalwood. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]
Six suspects have been arrested in Emali, Makueni County, with sandalwood worth Sh7.7 million.
The six were arrested in the last two nights by officers from the National Police Service in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service - KWS.
Nzaui sub-county police commander Mbatian Kantai said the suspects were arrested by officers stationed at Kiboko, the Big Life, David and Sheldrick and Emali police stations.
Kantai said the suspects were arrested at the Nguu area on the outskirts of Emali town while smuggling the sandalwood to Tanzania.
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Inside the National Museum of Kenya. [Courtesy NMK]
The National Museum of Kenya (NMK) is calling on all citizens to deliver relevant memorabilia of cultural and historical importance through donations or a suitable agreement with the institution.
The move is aimed at building what the museum calls the ‘Museum on heroism’ which will focus on the history of Kenya from the 1800s, colonisation, independence, military history and national growth of the country post the 2010 Constitution.
“Such materials may include but not limited to; photographs/films, unique literature and writings, newspaper cuttings, maps, infographics, traditional weaponry, instruments of power, traditional musical instruments and trade merchandise,” reads a notice by NMK.