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Finders Keepers: A photograph, a pipe and a skull

Should priceless stolen objects that form part of history be returned to their origins?

Actor and musician Kema Sikazwe is no historical expert. A young Zambian who now lives in northern England, he hasn鈥檛 even set foot inside a museum since he was ten years old. All that changes when Kema learns about the movement to return stolen objects back to where they came from. Should these priceless parts of history be returned? And if so, what鈥檚 at stake?

Kema measures the scale of the problem on a visit to Newcastle鈥檚 Great North Museum. Curator JC Niala shares her experience of seeing a photograph of her grandfather on display in a Kenyan exhibition, and Kema鈥檚 father tells him about an ongoing dispute between Britain and Zambia.

Theme music composed by Kema Sikazwe aka Kema Kay

Programme produced by Scattered Pictures

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27 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 May 2021 10:32GMT

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Kema Sikazwe in front of the Broken Hill Skull at the Natural History Museum in London (Credit: Will Sadler)

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