The University of Cambridge has repatriated more than three dozen traditional artifacts to Uganda in a major act of restitution welcomed by the local officials who sought them
. Some of the objects were shown exclusively to AP journalists on Wednesday. The British university returned the 39 items, which range from tribal regalia to delicate pottery, to the East African country on Saturday. The items remain the property of the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge,, which is loaning them to Uganda for an initial period of three years, said Mark Elliott, the museum's senior curator in anthropology.
The Uganda Museum in the capital, Kampala, is expected to put on a temporary exhibition of the objects next year. Uganda’s agreement with Cambridge is renewable, allowing for the possibility of a permanent loan and perhaps local ownership, said Jackline Nyiracyiza, Ugandan government commissioner in charge of museums and monuments. “Sixty years that have passed for us now to get 39 objects,” she said. “We are working now with the Cambridge team to ...
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