Tenerife Island Corporation Acquires a Cayuco for future exhibition in the Tenerife History Museum

As island councillor for museums, Fidencia Iglesias, states, "this is a human tragedy, but we cannot lose sight of the fact that it is also an historical occurrence and, as such, we need to tell the story and reflect it."

Iglesias was talking about the institution's decision to acquire one of the cayucos - the wooden boats that arrive almost daily carrying desperate Africans to Canarian shores - for future exhibition at the Tenerife History Museum.

The "social phenomenon", they explain, already forms a part of the past, present and future of the island. At the moment the piece is being stored in the corporation warehouse, while documentation and investigation is being carried out for the contextualization of the exhibit.

El Cabildo adquiere un cayuco para su futura exposición en el Museo de Historia de Tenerife

Related images:
Cayuco con inmigrantes (Boat with subsaharian inmigrants).
África - Sociedade - Emigración. Cayuco interceptado en Canarias (06.2006)
Inmigrantes a bordo de un cayuco