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It's a shame that the West still holds Africans' body parts

Trafficking in human body parts is not a new phenomenon, it began with the colonial conquest. In fact, European museums are full of macabre collections of body parts of people killed and kept as trophies and some of these museums have refused to return the remains or allow them decent burials.

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