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1/. In 1898, Mbuya Nehanda & Sekuru Kaguvi who led a rebellion against British colonizers in what is now Zimbabwe, were hanged
Their heads & those of other rebel leaders were cut off, taken to Britain & displayed as war trophies
124 years on, their heads are in the @NHM_London
Their heads & those of other rebel leaders were cut off, taken to Britain & displayed as war trophies
124 years on, their heads are in the @NHM_London
2/. “And they call us ‘savages’!”
Mbuya Nehanda & Sekuru Kaguvi were involved in the Ndebele-Shona revolt against the Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company after the company introduced a hut tax
Discussions around repatriation began in 2014
#BringBackNehandaAndKaguvi
Mbuya Nehanda & Sekuru Kaguvi were involved in the Ndebele-Shona revolt against the Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company after the company introduced a hut tax
Discussions around repatriation began in 2014
#BringBackNehandaAndKaguvi
3/. Today we went to the Natural History Museum to see if we could get the director, Doug Gurr & curator @NatHistGirl to agree to send the skulls of Nehanda & Kaguvi back to Zimbabwe were they can be buried with the respect & reverence they deserve.
#BringBackNehandaAndKaguvi
#BringBackNehandaAndKaguvi
