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One of 20 skulls being handed over to a strong Namibian delegation is on display at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin on Sept. 30.
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A delegation member from Namibia points at two of 20 skulls to be repatriated to Namibia during a handover ceremony at Charite University hospital on Sept. 30 in Berlin, Germany.
AP Reports:
Namibian tribal leaders took possession Friday of the skulls of 20 of their countrymen, taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for racial experiments.
The handing over of the skulls was a rare reminder of Germany's short-lived past as a colonial power in Africa, which included the bloody suppression of a Herero and Nama uprising between 1904 and 1908 that left tens of thousands dead.
The heads of four females and 16 males, including a young boy of about three, were removed from their bodies and preserved in formaldehyde intact with faces, skin and hair.
Full story: German museum returning Namibian skulls
Tobias Schwarz / Reuters
A member of a Namibian delegation photographs a human skull from the Herero and ethnic Nama people. The skull is one of 20 being returned to Namibia by Berlin's Charite University hospital on Sept. 30.
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Members of a Namibian delegation perform a Herero ritual in front of the Charite University Hospital in Berlin on Sept. 30.
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