{"id":3274,"date":"2025-09-15T06:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegemuseum-ontour.de\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:03:58","slug":"18-lindenmuseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wegemuseum-ontour.de\/en\/etappe\/tourismus\/thron-aus-kamerun\/18-lindenmuseum\/","title":{"rendered":"18 \u2013 Conclusion and thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I learned from the project<\/h4>\n

While researching our exhibition, I realized how little I know about Africa, and Cameroon in particular. Most of the topics are nature and wildlife\u2014the African people then appear as gamekeepers or poachers. But even the photos from around 1900 speak a different language\u2014people in a large port city, in close contact with Europeans, but also with their own culture, to which museum collections\u2014like Dr. Ipscher's\u2014provide only limited access.<\/p>\n

Despite our diverse networking resources, the research was laborious and yielded contradictory results. Outdated information, incorrect labels, and, above all, a lack of information from an African perspective made it difficult to get a picture of life in Cameroon today or around 1900. It became very clear to me that Africa is still not perceived as equal. Most of the readily available information still reflects the European perspective. And who is aware that the entire continent is depicted too small on our maps compared to the Northern Hemisphere, or that internet image searches don't identify Black faces as well as white faces, or what a significant role Africa truly plays in global development?<\/p>\n

I am pleased to be able to make our small collection available to the public and hope that it will help all those who are preparing Cameroon's history for future generations and thus contributing to a more equal and just world.<\/p>\n

Katharina-A. carpenter<\/em><\/p>\n

Museum Director<\/p>\n

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thanksgiving<\/h4>\n

Our exhibition could only be made possible through the support of many people, who should be mentioned here:<\/p>\n