The Tanzanians searching for their grandfathers' skulls in Germany
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2023-10-29 07:49
Descendants of 19 men hanged 123 years ago have spent decades searching for their remains.

Isaria Anael Meli has been looking for his grandfather's remains for more than six decades.

He believes the skull ended up in a Berlin museum after his grandfather, Mangi Meli, along with 18 other chiefs and advisers, were hanged by a German colonial force 123 years ago.

After all this time...

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