Report by civil society representative Flaubert Djateng (Zenü Network)
Cameroon’s government, civil society groups, traditional rulers and academia are intensively preparing for the return of ancestral remains and cultural belongings appropriated by Imperial Germany more than 100 years ago.
Flaubert Djateng, coordinator of the civil society group Zenü Network, is a member of the Legal Affairs Commission of the „Interministerial Committee in charge of the repatriation of Cameroonian cultural goods illegally exported abroad“.
His attached report in English, German and French provides a detailed account of civil society activities in Cameroon during the second half of 2024 on the legacies of Germany’s colonial rule.