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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Batty

Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls

The Natural History Museum in London
The Natural History Museum holds at least 3,375 items of human remains from Africa, second only to the University of Cambridge with at least 6,223. Photograph: Dave Gadd/Sportsphoto/Allstar

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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