In the Spirit of Sankofa,
Over 1,000 African skulls in Berlin are a reminder of Europe’s dark colonial history
... According to Deutsche Welle, ARD identified about 1,000 skulls that originated from what is now Rwanda and about 60 from Tanzania. Researchers and state officials will now work toward the repatriation of the remains; they were claimed at a time when both countries were part of the larger German East Africa colony, which existed from 1885 until the end of World War I ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...dark-colonial-history/?utm_term=.45b9ab86ac38
Skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a service attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Over 1,000 African skulls in Berlin are a reminder of Europe’s dark colonial history
... According to Deutsche Welle, ARD identified about 1,000 skulls that originated from what is now Rwanda and about 60 from Tanzania. Researchers and state officials will now work toward the repatriation of the remains; they were claimed at a time when both countries were part of the larger German East Africa colony, which existed from 1885 until the end of World War I ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...dark-colonial-history/?utm_term=.45b9ab86ac38
Skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a service attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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