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Shame of Britain s human zoos : How families from the colonies were put on display at UK events until the early 20th century - as 1899 footage recreates defeat of tribesmen in battle

Among those brought to Britain were six members of the Bambuti tribe, who came from their homeland in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo to perform at London s Hippodrome.

The marriage that shocked Victorian Britain: How African prince moved to Salford to become a miner and wed 23-year-old Cornish girl in controversy which shook 19th Century England

Peter Lobengula (pictured left with fellow miners in 1901) was the 25-year-old grandson of the King of Matabele, whose forces were defeated in battle in what is now Zimbabwe in the 1890s.

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