Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Colonialism in Africa: archaeology offers a deeper view

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par Timothy Clack, Chingiz Gutseriev Fellow, University of Oxford
Shadreck Chirikure, Prof of Archaeological Science & British Academy Global Professor, University of Oxford

Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, whenever people have moved from one place to another, they have colonised spaces and other people or forms of life.

In Africa, colonialism has mostly been studied as something imposed from outside, for example from Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. A recent special issue of the journal Azania sought to address…

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