Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

Britain's Human Zoos (2023x42)

Air date: Oct 28, 2023

Documentary in which author Nadifa Mohamed explores the Victorian practice of presenting African and Asian people as exhibits in touring shows that exaggerated their perceived barbarous and exotic aspects. These human zoos continued to exist in Britain up to the turn of the 20th century, and the people who appeared in them had often been transported from their homeland under dubious circumstances.