Zimbabwe asks UK to return warrior skulls
Some establishments have said that they are ready to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era
The Natural History Museum and University of Cambridge are set to return warrior skulls taken as trophies during the colonial wars in what is now Zimbabwe.
The authorities in Zimbabwe have long suspected that the remains of some of the leaders of an uprising against British rule in the 1890s - known as the First Chimurenga - were taken to the UK. The most significant among them was a woman known as Mbuya Nehanda, who is revered as a national heroine.
The institutions said that they are ready to co-operate with Harare to return the remains found in their archives after holding talks with a delegation sent from Zimbabwe.
Princess Eugene Majuru is a descendant of the Zimbabwean royal family and is part of the delegation. She told Newsday: 鈥淲e have to perform cleansing ceremonies and these heads have to be brought back to鈥he land鈥e are hopeful鈥ut鈥K institutions鈥re waiting for African countries to contact them rather than them publishing what they have.鈥�
(Picture: Mbuya Nehanda, (centre), opposed colonial rule in the late-19th Century. Credit: ALAMY.)
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