In 1897, French colonial troops killed King Toera, ruler of Madagascar’s powerful Sakalava kingdom of Menabe, and took his skull to Paris, where it remained hidden in a museum for more than a century. France returned the remains last year, and for the first time since his death, King Toera took his place among his ancestors during the Sakalava people’s most sacred ritual.
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