colonization
She stands here covered with paint undaunted and defiant The incarnation of the spirit of Masquerade to claim her freedom We still live in the legacy of the slave trade and the colonies It will not go away until that part of the world seeks the Pardon from the other And sincerely repent for the […]
Famous ‘Obo’ (Emperor) head dating from the Benin Empire (ca 13th Century) The Benin Empire encompassed today’s Nigeria and can be dated back to 1246 It was ‘annexed’ in 1897 by the British Empire and the ‘Obo’ deported From the ‘Sainsbury Collection’ in residence at the British Museum Ingloriously representing thirty thousand years of civilization […]
Beautiful and fresh morning in Niamey after a rainy night Vendors sell the staples of everyday life, even here deep in the heart of Africa Cigarettes, bread and telephone top-ups, a very strange gift in the name of civilization They seem to be the only things left by centuries of colonization and slave trade A […]
Symbols as a stark reminder of the plagues of colonization Leopold II’s rubber vine genocidal craze, the forever more money and land The churches supported the colonization in the name of evangelisation Advocating white man’s supremacy and condoning slavery Missionaries pretended to be more than just a position “When they came to Africa they had the Bible […]
In the mix on Chepstow Row A couple advertise black and white in colors Interracial marriage became fully legal only in 1967 in the USA The latest amendments of states constitutions to remove miscegenation prohibition took place in 1988 for South Carolina and 2000 for Alabama Yesterday is still today in the land of the few […]
Defying the European standards of the moment A kind of figuration of the Brexit hope for Freedom But the Victorian model will always be the starch and lace Clashing with the African relaxed attitude towards nudity They called civilization what was in fact colonization Liberation from slavery the exploitation of the native people Land-grabs were […]
The old bridge in Niamey has been built in 1970 It has been named the Kennedy Bridge , a strange choice for an African nation Since then it has been the lifeline between the two sides of the Niger River A new bridge has recently been built by the Chinese Government as a token of […]