Researchers are expected to reach key steps in the process of restitution of human skulls taken from Rwanda to Germany during the colonial era (1898 to 1916).
The skulls in question were taken to Germany by the colonialists from a number of countries that made up the former"German East Africa," a German colony which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, parts of Tanzania, and a small region of Mozambique.
During the research at the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History, scientists examined 1,135 skulls. Of those, 904 could be assigned to areas in present-day Rwanda; 202 to Tanzania; and 22 to Kenya.that the current phase of the research is focusing on how the skulls can be repatriated to Rwanda. According to him, it is expected to be completed by early next year.
"Germany colonised Rwanda from 1898 to 1916. The beginning of German colonisation coincided with a marked boom in the research on human races," reads part of a book written by the researchers regarding the skulls from East Africa.
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