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Mangi Meli Remains
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Mangi Meli Remains

2020-03-15 · 12 min · Not rated

Animation · History

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.

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Directors
Konradin Kunze
Production companies
Flinn Works
Countries
Germany, Tanzania
Status
Released

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Nkwabi Elias Ng'angasamalaNkwabi Elias Ng'angasamalaNarrator (Mzee)
Michael OjakeMichael Ojake

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