1895 African Exhibition

Event at The Crystal Palace in London thumb|Somali people at The Crystal Palace in 1895 The 1895 African Exhibition at The Crystal Palace was an instance of a human zoo in London. The colonial exhibition presented around eighty people of Bantu origin brought from Somalia along with two-hundred African animals.Auerbach Jeffrey https://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/Empire%20under%20Glass_0.pdf Empire under glass: The British Empire and the Crystal Palace, 1851–1911 2017-03-01 Manchester University Press 978-1-5261-1834-9 en-US 10.7765/9781526118349.00011 History The exhibition was organised by Carl Hagenbeck and Josef Menges as an effort to rehabilitate the Crystal Palace which was becoming less popular among visitors.Weston Gavin https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429861215 Anthropological Controversies: The "crimes" and misdemeanors that shaped a discipline Djohari Natalie 2020-05-11 Routledge 978-0-429-45960-3 Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY en 10.4324/9780429459603 Display The men were from the Darod and Hawiye clans in Somalia.Petracci Matteo 2025-03-13 Travelling bodies https://www.aleamag.com/digest/travelling-bodies 2025-03-13 Alea The "exhibits" at the human zoo spent their time in a kraal but slept in covered buildings due to the cold weather. They were wearing exotic animal skins and had red mud in their hair. During the exhibition, they had to perform national sports and dances multiple times a day, set up and take down of their accommodation and cook food. The people also had to mimic "warfare" where different tribes attack each other until Europeans arrive to end the conflict.Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Exhibitions - The African Exhibition https://www.victorianlondon.org/entertainment2/africanexhibition.htm 2022-01-29 www.victorianlondon.org The display included large paintings and set pieces representing Somalia. These served as a backdrop when all the people and the animals formed a "caravan" and passed through the space. References External links 1895 African Exhibition at the Crystal Palace on the website Human Zoos Category:Crystal Palace, London Category:Colonial exhibitions