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Title:
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One body playing many parts-Ie Betjouana, el Negro, and il Bosquimano |
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Author:
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Parsons, N. |
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Abstract:
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This article talks about how the body of El Negro was stolen from southern Africa and how it was kept as an exhibit in a museum in Spain. Two French taxidermists stole the body later known as El Negro from a grave beyond the Cape
Colony frontier in 1830-31. It was stuffed and displayed as 'Le Betjouana' (i.e. the Bechuana or
Motswana) in France and as '1/ Betjouana' in Spain. From 1916 until 1998 it was the prime exhibit
in a museum at Banyoles, north of Barcelona, where it became known as El Negro. Controversy
over its display began in 1991, and was complicated by the assertion that a 'Betjouana' was a type
of 'Bosquimano' (Bushman). |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/507
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Date:
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2002 |
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Publisher:
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University of Botswana, Research and Development Unit/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjou |
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Published Article |