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Stolen Mijikenda ‘spirits’ return home from the US

CS Amina Mohammed hands over vigango to Mijikenda elders at Fort Jesus in Mombasa on Monday. They were returned from the US on July 3. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Mijikenda elders on Monday celebrated the return of 30 cultural artefacts stolen from the community more than 30 years ago.

The totems were returned from a US museum on July 3.

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