Dans un geste important, fruit de 127 ans de pr\u00e9paration, la France a pris des mesures pour restituer \u00e0 Madagascar les restes d’un roi assassin\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Le gouvernement fran\u00e7ais a officiellement remis le cr\u00e2ne du roi Toera, ainsi que trois autres cr\u00e2nes qui appartiendraient \u00e0 des membres de l’ethnie Sakalava.<\/p>\n
Cette c\u00e9r\u00e9monie solennelle a eu lieu mardi au minist\u00e8re fran\u00e7ais de la Culture, et les cr\u00e2nes seront inhum\u00e9s \u00e0 Madagascar le 31 ao\u00fbt. Ces restes, auparavant conserv\u00e9s au Mus\u00e9um national d’histoire naturelle de Paris, avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 emport\u00e9s comme troph\u00e9es suite \u00e0 une violente attaque coloniale \u00e0 Ambiky, \u00e0 Madagascar, \u00e0 la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n
Le roi Toera a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 lors de cet assaut par les troupes fran\u00e7aises, et son cr\u00e2ne est un sujet de controverse depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es, Madagascar cherchant \u00e0 le r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n
Rachida Dati, ministre de la Culture, a qualifi\u00e9 ce retour d’\u00ab \u00e9v\u00e9nement historique \u00bb et a reconnu les circonstances dans lesquelles ces cr\u00e2nes sont entr\u00e9s dans les collections nationales fran\u00e7aises, lesquelles, selon elle, ont port\u00e9 atteinte \u00e0 la dignit\u00e9 humaine et trouvent leur origine dans la violence coloniale.<\/p>\n
Si les scientifiques ont confirm\u00e9 l’origine des cr\u00e2nes de la communaut\u00e9 Sakalava, l’appartenance de l’un d’eux au roi Toera reste une pr\u00e9somption.<\/p>\n
Lors d’une visite \u00e0 Madagascar en avril, le pr\u00e9sident Emmanuel Macron a soulign\u00e9 l’importance de ce geste, le qualifiant de pas vers la cr\u00e9ation des \u00ab conditions du pardon \u00bb pour les chapitres sombres de l’histoire coloniale, de 1897 \u00e0 l’ind\u00e9pendance de Madagascar en 1960.<\/p>\n
Cette restitution marque \u00e9galement le d\u00e9but de l’application d’une nouvelle loi fran\u00e7aise, promulgu\u00e9e fin 2023, facilitant le retour de restes humains des collections publiques sans n\u00e9cessiter de proc\u00e9dures l\u00e9gislatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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