Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) The members of the Zimbabwe Repatriation Committee on Thursday met in Harare where a press confernce was held to update the nation on the progress of the repatriation exercise due to be carried out to return the remains of Zimbabwe’s First Chimurenga war heroes from England.
The remains are currently at the Natural History Museum in London a place they have been kept for many years. During the colonisation of Zimbabwe the British killed and beheaded Zimbabwean nationalist, spiritualists and royals as they resisted the British takeover. After beheading the slain warriors the British then took the heads to london where they were displayed as war trophies.
The press conference was attended by families of the heroes and heroines killed during the First Chimurenga war, Masvikiro, Chief Makoni heads the Repatriation Committee.
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