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. The Women's History Museum project was established in 2016 with the aim to curate objects to tell the story of Zambian women from an African perspective. 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. They saw there was a need for African women to reclaim their identity and present their history from their own perspective. 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. 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. After its opening, the Museum partnered with the
Wikimedia Foundation in an effort to train Zambian writers to document the stories of Zambian women for Wikipedia. However, the organizers soon ran into difficulties as the
oral traditions of the country did not adhere to European documentation standards. The collaboration has led to several partnered exhibitions between the institutions. 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. == See also ==