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Afro Historyscapes is a ten-episode podcast series that gives a fresh perspective on African history. We tell the story of African Histories through objects at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in South London.

The podcast has been developed alongside our Community Action Research project and shares the research of our curators, project team and Community Action Researchers.

The overarching theme of the series is movement with three episodes each featuring Trade, Religion and Technology. We also feature a special episode hosted by Sherry Davis, a Community Researcher, musician and filmmaker.

We tell the sorts of stories about the objects in our collections that answer questions you didn’t know who to ask. At 10-15 minutes each they are perfect to enjoy over a cup of your favourite hot drink.

The series is

Produced by: JC Niala & Tom Fearon

Co-producer: Sian Brett

Music: Edmund Jolliffe

JC Niala gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the Joint BME Events and Activities scheme administered by the Social History Society in partnership with Economic History Society, History UK, History of Education Society (UK), History Workshop Journal, Royal Historical Society, Society for the Study of Labour History and Women's History Network.

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    • African Headrests: Technology and design in the past and the future

      African Headrests: Technology and design in the past and the future
      Oct 12 2021

      Join us this week for the final episode of the Afro Historyscapes podcast series.


      This week we are joined from Nairobi, Kenya by Community Researcher Yyvette Waweru. Yvette will discuss her research into African headrests - otherwise known as ‘dream machines’, an important example of African design and technology.


      Not only do headrests tell us so much about their function and aesthetics but also the people who use them. Yvette will also discuss how headrests have inspired her Afrofuturist film that explores how they might be used in the future.


      Objects we discuss

      21.81

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/21.81/


      2010.7

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2010.7


      2019.63

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2019.63/


      1972.119

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.119/


      2003.599

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2003.599/


      2013.156

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2013.156/


      2676

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2676/


      Yvettes Video


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      16 min
    • Igbo and Nigerian Crafting Practices

      Igbo and Nigerian Crafting Practices
      Sep 28 2021

      In this episode, we are joined by Community Action Researcher and Maker, Chinelo L. Njaka PhD.


      Chinelo will share with us her experience of carrying out research into the Horniman collections as part of the Community Action Research project. Her research takes a look at the presence - and absence - of Igbo and Nigerian craft technologies and what this can tell us about the creativity of Igbo peoples as well as colonial legacies. Chinelo used the incredible Nancy Stanfield collection held at the Horniman to help tell this story.


      Objects:

      28.11.66/33

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/28.11.66/33


      Nancy Stanfield Collection - photographs

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/subject/subject-1388/


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      17 min
    • African Milk Technologies

      African Milk Technologies
      Sep 14 2021

      In this episode we speak to Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, one of the Horniman's curators, about her recent interest in the colonial history of milk.


      We discuss Horniman collections relating to an incredible technology developed by pastoralist communities in Kenya and elsewhere in East and North Eastern Africa, to process milk, making it safe to drink. We explore how this mobile technology contrasts with European industrial milk practices which have dominated the global expansion of dairy.


      Milk offers a fascinating way into thinking about colonialism, technology and science, and who gets to decide what is useful and good for us, and what knowledge counts.


      Objects we discuss


      1972.106

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.106/


      1972.82

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.82/


      1972.128

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.128/


      1990.544vi

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1990.544vi/


      ARC/BRA/002/029/019

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/ARC/BRA/002/029/019/


      Read more about Roger Brain

      https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/nigerian-independence-through-a-lens/


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      20 min
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