{"id":2089,"date":"2026-02-12T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=2089"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:26:31","slug":"season-6-episode-2-when-they-come-back-to-communities-you-see-life-reparations-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/season-6-episode-2-when-they-come-back-to-communities-you-see-life-reparations-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 6, Episode 2: \u201cWhen They Come Back to Communities, You See Life:&#8221; Reparations in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4e\">In this episode of <em>Reverb Effect<\/em>, we follow the journey of Ugandan cultural artifacts from removal to repatriation, and what happens when they return home. Tracing historical materials and their layered afterlives as they moved from colonial Africa to the Cambridge Museum&nbsp;and back to the Uganda National Museum, we explore how collecting trajectories stripped objects of meaning, and how present-day recovery raises complex questions about belonging and identity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/IMG_0257-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/IMG_0257-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/IMG_0257-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nelson Abiti, Chief Curator of the Uganda National Museum, examining an early twentieth century drum during a 2022 visit with Professor Derek Peterson to the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The drum is one of the relics they recently brought back from Cambridge to Uganda. Photo courtesy of Derek Peterson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Season 6, Episode 2: &quot;When They Come Back to Communities, You See Life:&quot; Reparations in Uganda\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0snMm2d6v6c0n45bterdF8?si=9GwMPNEQRvSfBTDcpc5NoQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/season-6-episode-2-when-they-come-back-to-communities\/id1486434428?i=1000749463063\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0snMm2d6v6c0n45bterdF8?si=9GwMPNEQRvSfBTDcpc5NoQ\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of&nbsp;<em>Reverb Effect<\/em>, we follow the journey of Ugandan cultural artifacts from removal to repatriation, and what happens when they return home. Tracing historical materials and their layered afterlives as they moved from colonial Africa to the Cambridge Museum&nbsp;and back&nbsp;to the Uganda National Museum, we explore how collecting trajectories stripped objects of meaning, and how present-day recovery raises complex questions about belonging and identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Talitha Pam<\/strong>&nbsp;is a PhD candidate in the joint doctoral program in Anthropology and History, and a 2025-26 Graduate Student Research Fellow at the University of Michigan Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. <strong>Cheyenne Pettit<\/strong>&nbsp;received her PhD in History in 2025 and is now Assistant Professor of History at Missouri Southern State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/season-6-episode-2-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View the full episode transcript<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"production-credits\">Production Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode Producers:&nbsp;<\/strong>Talitha Pam, Cheyenne Pettit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Season Producer:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cheyenne Pettit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Executive Producer:<\/strong>&nbsp;Joseph W. Ho<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial Board: <\/strong>Joseph W. Ho, Kenneth Mills, Gregory Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Music:<\/strong> Eguana, &#8220;Wind In Wheat Fields&#8221; (Endless Quest Media)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share your thoughts about&nbsp;<em>Reverb Effect<\/em>&nbsp;by messaging&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reverb.effect@umich.edu\">reverb.effect@umich.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2026 Regents of the University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Reverb Effect, we follow the journey of Ugandan cultural artifacts from removal to repatriation, and what happens when they return home. 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