The Congolese government has sent an official letter to Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever demanding the repatriation of more than 500 human remains, mainly skulls collected as trophies or objects of study during the colonial period. They rest in drawers, reserves, windows. Thousands of kilometres from their native lands. More than 500 skulls and bones, torn from Congolese, Rwandan and Burundians, sleep in the basements of Belgian scientific i…
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The Congolese government has sent an official letter to Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever demanding the repatriation of more than 500 human remains, mainly skulls collected as trophies or objects of study during the colonial period. They rest in drawers, reserves, windows. Thousands of kilometres from their native lands. More than 500 skulls and bones, torn from Congolese, Rwandan and Burundians, sleep in the basements of Belgian scientific i…