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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