African Milk Technologies Afro Historyscapes

In this episode we speak to Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, one of the Horniman's curators, about her recent interest in the colonial history of milk.
We discuss Horniman collections relating to an incredible technology developed by pastoralist communities in Kenya and elsewhere in East and North Eastern Africa, to process milk, making it safe to drink. We explore how this mobile technology contrasts with European industrial milk practices which have dominated the global expansion of dairy.
Milk offers a fascinating way into thinking about colonialism, technology and science, and who gets to decide what is useful and good for us, and what knowledge counts.
Objects we discuss
1972.106
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.106/
1972.82
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.82/
1972.128
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1972.128/
1990.544vi
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1990.544vi/
ARC/BRA/002/029/019
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/ARC/BRA/002/029/019/
Read more about Roger Brain
https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/nigerian-independence-through-a-lens/

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