Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls
Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890sDescendants 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...
<p>Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s</p><p>Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/natural-history-museum">Natural History Museum</a> in London and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/cambridgeuniversity">University of Cambridge</a> to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls.</p><p>Zimbabwean descendants of the first <em>chimurenga</em> heroes, who led an uprising against British colonisers in the 1890s, have long believed the museum and university hold several of the skulls.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/descendants-of-zimbabwe-resistance-heroes-urge-uk-to-locate-looted-skulls">Continue reading...</a>
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