De-colonization of Museums

Our first guest on the Morning Cruise was Zenzile Khoisan.Khoisan is a museum extraordinaire to say the least. He considers himself an activist and a teacher of the need for the "decolonization" of museums in South Africa.

According to Khoisan "decolonization" of  museums is an on going issue. Khoisan believes that museums today are spaces that are suppose to represent the past meaning where "we" come from and the human journey. However,the museums that exist today focus on a "colonial type narrative". Meaning the museums do not represent Africa because they only tell parts of Africa's history. Khoisan also refers to the issue of the "colonial type narrative" to be an "injustice" for Africa.

Khoisan says that the museums represents Africa with  "no dignity".He then challenges the museums decisions to display the bones of those who walked on this land centuries ago. He believes that the foundation needs to be stripped down and made new to properly represent African history. Khoisan also suggest that once people realize that "we" are here because of our ancestors because we are descendants of them we'll see how important it is to decolonize the museums to tell our story.