African Collections Futures

Abstract

The African Collections Futures project seeks to develop a better sense of where Africa-related objects and materials are present across the University of Cambridge, how they were acquired, the forms of engagements researchers, African research and heritage institutions, and African diaspora and communities of origin have with these objects, and what more can be done. The scope covers the nine institutions – eight museums and the Botanic Garden – that make up the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM), the University Library, and less well-known collections such as those in various University departments and affiliated institutions.