Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls

Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls
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Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s• Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambridge to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls.Zimbabwean descendants of the first chimurenga heroes, who led an uprising against British colonisers in the 1890s, have long believed the museum and university hold several of the skulls....
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