Counter investigation on May 27, 2023 in Diabougou (Mali). Ruins of the Kono sanctuary. Souleymane Mallé
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Dakar-Djibouti [1931-1933] : Counter investigations
15/04/2025 - 14/09/2025
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
37, quai Branly
75007 Paris
www.quaibranly.fr/fr/expositions-evenements/au-musee/expositions/
Different perspectives on colonial history. The exhibition presents new research associated with one of the most emblematic missions of the 1930s.
Between 1931 and 1933, the 'Dakar-Djibouti Ethnographic and Linguistic Mission' journeyed through sixteen African countries. Led by French ethnologist Marcel Griaule, it tested new methods of ethnographic survey and collection.
Through a selection of objects, photographs and archives, the exhibition revisits documented facts, placing at the heart of the subject the results of research and the current viewpoint of professionals from the African continent. These counter investigations, carried out jointly by a dozen African and French scientists, aim to retrace the conditions under which these heritages were acquired and collected in order to shed light on the colonial context and the stories of men and women who have remained anonymous until now.
15/04/2025 - 14/09/2025
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
37, quai Branly
75007 Paris
www.quaibranly.fr/fr/expositions-evenements/au-musee/expositions/
Different perspectives on colonial history. The exhibition presents new research associated with one of the most emblematic missions of the 1930s.
Between 1931 and 1933, the 'Dakar-Djibouti Ethnographic and Linguistic Mission' journeyed through sixteen African countries. Led by French ethnologist Marcel Griaule, it tested new methods of ethnographic survey and collection.
Through a selection of objects, photographs and archives, the exhibition revisits documented facts, placing at the heart of the subject the results of research and the current viewpoint of professionals from the African continent. These counter investigations, carried out jointly by a dozen African and French scientists, aim to retrace the conditions under which these heritages were acquired and collected in order to shed light on the colonial context and the stories of men and women who have remained anonymous until now.