Mangi Meli Remains (2020)

Mangi Meli Remains

2020

Animation History

Synopsis

In Old Moshi, Tanzania, a head is missing : the skull of Chief Meli, who fought the German colonial occupation of his territory and was executed in response to his resistance in 1900. This animated film, based on archival sources and oral accounts provided by Chief Meli's grandson, sheds light on the racist roots of physical anthropology and ethnological museums.

Credits

Director

Konradin Kunze

Cast

Michael Ojake

Nkwabi Elias Ng'angasamala as Narrator (Mzee)

Crew

Sharron Mirsky (Animation)

Konradin Kunze (Lead Animator)

Konradin Kunze (Scenario Writer)

Sarita Lydia Mamseri (Scenario Writer)

Sarita Lydia Mamseri (Script Researcher)