France returns royal skull of King Toera, two others to Madagascar
France has sought to confront its colonial past by returning artifacts and human remains from its museums to their countries of origin.
Malagasy officials hold boxes containing the three skulls during a ceremony to mark the return of three Sakalava skulls, those of two warriors and one believed to be that of slain Malagasy king Toera, taken by French troops during the colonisation of Madagascar in the late 19th century, at the Cultu(photo credit: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor)ByREUTERS
