| dc.contributor.author |
Parsons, N. |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-06-10T10:24:27Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2010-06-10T10:24:27Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2002 |
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| dc.identifier.citation |
Parsons, N. (2002) One body playing many parts-Ie Betjouana, el Negro, and il Bosquimano, Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies Vol.16, No.1, pp. 19-29 |
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| dc.identifier.issn |
0256-2316 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/507 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
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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| dc.language.iso |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
University of Botswana, Research and Development Unit/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/browse.cfm?colid=12 |
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| dc.subject |
One body |
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| dc.subject |
Parts |
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| dc.subject |
Betjouana |
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| dc.subject |
el Negro |
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| dc.subject |
Bosquimano |
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| dc.title |
One body playing many parts-Ie Betjouana, el Negro, and il Bosquimano |
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| dc.type |
Published Article |
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