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Jan 12, 2024 · These shocking rare photographs show how so-called ‘human zoos‘ around the world kept ‘primitive natives’ in enclosures so Westerners could gawp and jeer at them. The horrifying images, some of which were taken as recently as 1958, show how black and Asian people were cruelly treated as exhibits that attracted millions of tourists.
Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were public displays of people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. [3] They were most prominent during the 19th and 20th centuries. [3]
Dec 27, 2011 · An exhibition in Paris looks at the history of so-called human zoos, that put inhabitants from foreign lands, mostly African countries, on display as articles of curiosity.
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- Hugh Schofield
Dec 29, 2021 · The “Human Zoo” exhibition features a contemporary art installation by the Burundi-born photographer Teddy Mazina, which pictures Africans measuring Europeans in a kind of role reversal.
Sep 26, 2018 · In 1897, Belgian King Leopold brought 267 Congolese people to his country estate to display them in a mock African village — a practice referred to as a human zoo.
- Joanna Kakissis
The only available way of making a living was through ethnological expositions, also called human zoos. At the time, performers of a human zoo would tour through Europe just like rock bands today.
Jun 8, 2021 · From the late 1800's to around the 1950's, there were human zoos internationally. From Europe to New York, there were people of color (POC) residing in zoos and museums as living exhibits. They were Africans, Asians, Latin Americans and Indigenous people.
