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When I was a young boy, my father told me that the skull of your grandfather is in German.
That's what my father knew about this thing.
That voice you just heard belongs to Zablon Kieweru, who I met on his recent visit to Berlin.
He'd come to the capital of Germany for a unique purpose,
to visit the skull of his grandfather, Akira Kieweru.
Tuesday is the day which I cannot forget in my life, going to see the remains of my grandfather.
Sunday, Sunday I was happy.
Monday I was happy.
But Tuesday, it's really pain.
I'm not happy.
It's really pain.
Before I saw this car, I wasn't afraid.
But now, it's really pain.
Zablon lives in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania.
He's an old man, but for his entire life he's known the story of the execution.
How more than 100 years ago, the German colonialists publicly killed 19 local leaders.
They were hanged, one after the other from a tree.
On the same day, 19 people were killed the same day.
My father was very young, so he didn't know much about his father.