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===United Kingdom and France=== Between 1 May and 31 October 1908 the Scottish National Exhibition, opened by one of Queen Victoria's grandsons, [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]], was held in Saughton Park, [[Edinburgh]]. One of the attractions was the [[Senegal]] Village with its French-speaking Senegalese residents, on show demonstrating their way of life, art and craft while living in beehive huts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edinburgh City Libraries|date=25 August 2015|title=Saughton's glorious summer of 1908|url=https://talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/saughtons-glorious-summer-of-1908/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Tales of One City|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512233517/https://talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/saughtons-glorious-summer-of-1908/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Saughton Park|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst90783.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Gazetteer for Scotland|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607212145/https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst90783.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1909, the infrastructure of the 1908 Scottish National Exhibition in Edinburgh was used to construct the new [[Marine Gardens]] to the coast near Edinburgh at [[Portobello, Edinburgh|Portobello]]. A group of [[Somalis|Somali]] men, women and children were shipped over to be part of the exhibition, living in thatched huts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Sarah|date=12 June 2015|title=Portobello, 99 ice creams, and Britains's last seaside heritage: the sweet taste of success|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/portobello-99-ice-creams-and-britains-lost-seaside-heritage-the-sweet-taste-of-success-10315732.html|website=The Independent|access-date=8 June 2020|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191145/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/portobello-99-ice-creams-and-britains-lost-seaside-heritage-the-sweet-taste-of-success-10315732.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1910 Somali Village, Edinburgh Marine Gardens, Portobello|url=https://humanzoos.net/?page_id=437|access-date=8 June 2020|website=Human Zoos|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191504/https://humanzoos.net/?page_id=437|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1925, a display at [[Belle Vue Zoo]] in Manchester, England, was entitled "Cannibals" and featured black Africans in supposedly native dress.<ref>Paul A. Rees, ''An Introduction to Zoo Biology and Management'', [[Wiley-Blackwell]], John Wiley & Sons Ltd., [[Chichester]] ([[West Sussex]]), 2011, p. 44. {{ISBN|978-1405193498}}</ref> In 1931, around 100 other New Caledonian Kanaks were put on display at the [[Jardin d'Acclimatation]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20111129/1888/ |title='Human Zoos' go on show in Paris β The Local France, 29/11/2011 |newspaper=The Local France |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117104509/https://www.thelocal.fr/20111129/1888/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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