How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule: Leaders of the Aba women's protest against a tyranical warrant chief in Nigeria in 1929. National Museum of Unity, NigeriaSelected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated … [Read more...] about How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule | The Conversation
Colonial
Archaeology is changing, slowly. But it’s still too tied up in colonial practices | The Conversation
Archaeology is changing, slowly. But it's still too tied up in colonial practices: More room should be made for archaeologists who do things differently. Robyn Walker/HERIFor many people, the mention of archaeology makes them think of Indiana Jones. He’s the hero of the 1980s movie franchise – but any archaeologist will tell you that Indiana isn’t very good at his job. For … [Read more...] about Archaeology is changing, slowly. But it’s still too tied up in colonial practices | The Conversation
Cannabis in South Africa: the duplicity of colonial authorities | The Conversation
Cannabis in South Africa: the duplicity of colonial authorities: ShutterstockThe history of cannabis in South Africa contains two particular trajectories that were sometimes in direct contradiction with one another. The one, the 100-year-old effort to prohibit its use. The other, a history of colonial governments and administrators trying to … [Read more...] about Cannabis in South Africa: the duplicity of colonial authorities | The Conversation
Surviving genocide: a voice from colonial Namibia at the turn of the last century | The Conversation
Surviving genocide: a voice from colonial Namibia at the turn of the last century: A human skull on display in Berlin in 2018. Germany handed back human remains seized during the Namibia genocide from 1904 to 1908. EPA-EFE/Hayoung JeonGermany committed genocide in Africa 40 years before the Holocaust of the European Jews. In 1904 and 1905 the Ovaherero and Nama people of … [Read more...] about Surviving genocide: a voice from colonial Namibia at the turn of the last century | The Conversation
The long moral shadows cast by South Africa’s colonial history | The Conversation
The long moral shadows cast by South Africa's colonial history: A Zulu household, from an 1895 book called The Colony of Natal: An Official Illustrated Handbook and Railway Guide J Causton and Sons /University of California Libraries/ FlickrThe post-apartheid state in South Africa inherited many colonial legacies. It has transformed considerably over the past 25 years. But it … [Read more...] about The long moral shadows cast by South Africa’s colonial history | The Conversation
