Planning, monitoring and evaluation in the coffee improvement project, Ethiopia

Dorward, Andrew

doi:10.1016/0269-7475(88)90111-0

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“…40 Colonial archives commonly refer to the Tiv as "Munshi," a derogatory Hausa term 41 meaning "we have 'eaten' (them)," 42 or "we have conquered them." British colonials' use of the term created the Tiv's reputation as "savage, cannibalistic," 43 which continued "officially until the 1920s, when it was discarded in favour of their self-designation, Tiv." 44 Counter-enslavement-raiding patrols were crucial to Ruxton's career, and included the 1901 Murchison Hills expedition 45 and the German Adamawa expedition, 46 where they murdered the local community leader.…”

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Silent Heritage: Investigating Ruxton's Nigeria Collection at the Horniman Museum and Gardens

Martin

2023

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Museums which display all of their colonial collections are rare, and those which offer clear information on collection provenances and colonial histories in displays are rarer still. Absence and silence surrounding the colonial past in Europe's museums places them at odds with international pressure to account for the custodianship of colonial-era collections. This is examined here through investigating the silent heritage of the Ruxton Nigeria Collection, held at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. Ruxton collected as a military official during Britain's conquest of Nigeria. His collection is typical of assemblages throughout European ethnographic museums, dominated by “everyday” material heritage, not the “treasures” of elites which monopolise restitution discourse. How can provenance research be conducted upon quieter collections dating from the colonial era with little accompanying documentation? What are the potential impacts of such research upon restitution debates? From the available evidence around the Ruxton collection, it is clear that silences are more fundamental than just a matter of archival gaps, and if silences remain even after provenance research (which many museums are unable to conduct on all of their collections), then we need to question not only why and how collections are displayed, but how museums justify having them at all.

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