Review: PBS's 'A Story of Bones' contrasts the casual disposition of 19th-century Africans’ remains in St. Helena with the veneration of another deceased resident, Napoleon, and tracks an activist's fight to secure an ethical solution to their interment
The most famous bones associated with the South Atlantic rock called St. Helena aren’t actually there anymore; they haven’t been since 1840.
That’s when France repatriated, who had died on the island in 1821 after six years of exile and now resides at Les Invalides in Paris. Everything on the British territory lies in the shadow of Napoleon, though as evidenced by “A Story of Bones,” questions of exile, death and interment continue to be its legacy.Continue reading your article with
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