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Derek R Peterson

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Ali Mazrui Professor of African Studies @umich. #MacFellow. New book: The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin, w photos from 1970s Uganda. tinyurl.com/yxbou3wx.

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ugandamuseums Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 3/ Among the most consequential objects are a collection of balongo--sacred 'twins'--that had important ritual purposes in Buganda. We are working with the Buganda kingdom to return them to the tombs from which they were taken. Below: Roscoe's 1903 photo of balongo.

<a href="/ugandamuseums/">ugandamuseums</a> <a href="/MAACambridge/">Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology</a> 3/ Among the most consequential objects are a collection of balongo--sacred 'twins'--that had important ritual purposes in Buganda. We are working with the Buganda kingdom to return them to the tombs from which they were taken. Below: Roscoe's 1903 photo of balongo.