Women's History Museum of Zambia

[1][2] Museum founders Samba Yonga and Mulenga Kapwepwe found that much of the narrative on women in Zambia, and Africa more broadly, was distorted through a colonialist lens.

[5] The digital museum allows the collection's curators to draw on indigenous knowledge and to present information that has meaning to the communities they serve.

[6][7][8] The museum's organizers have shared how the WHMZ's digital collections can serve as an opportunity to virtually repatriate objects to their native communities.

However, the organizers soon ran into difficulties as the oral traditions of the country did not adhere to European documentation standards.

[12] The WHMZ has since partnered with other institutions, including the European Union's Deconfining project to further elevate their work and tell the stories of African women.

This image, taken by Eric von Rosen and exhibited by the Swedish National Museums of World Culture is an example of the portrayals of Zambian culture that have predominated by outside observers, which the Women's History Museum of Zambia seeks to reclaim.