France returns skulls to Madagascar 127 years after colonial massacre
France on Tuesday returned three skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be a king who was beheaded by French troops following a massacre in August 1897.
"These skulls entered the national collections in circumstances that clearly violated human dignity and in a context of colonial violence," said French Culture Minister Rachida Dati at a ceremony to send the relics home.
Her Madagascan counterpart,