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The Names Were Never Written Down
PodcastSeason 1 · Episode 27:05

The Names Were Never Written Down

What it takes to put names back into a colonial photographic archive — and who gets to decide whether that happens at all.

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The African Mail
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Dr. Meron Tesfaye, archivist
Published
31 Aug 2026
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An archivist and an oral historian discuss the re-identification of returned photographic collections, and the ethics of finding people who were never asked to be found.
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