#colonial-history

#colonial-history

The American colonies had been settled by Britain for over 150 years before what is today eastern Canada was wrested from the French and added to the empire in 1763 (technically Britain had already taken control militarily in 1760; the treaty formalized the transfer). Only about 70,000 people lived there compared to about 1,000,000 in the 13 American colonies. Canadians were invited to join the Revolution in 1776 but having just lost a war to the British a decade earlier, decided to pass on a rematch.

"La philosophie est une réflexion pour qui toute matière étrangère est bonne, et nous dirions volontiers pour qui toute bonne matière est étrangère." - Georges Canguilhem, The Normal and the Pathological

Set in 19th-century Osogun, Yoruba Boy Running follows 13-year-old Ajayi, who faces a dark fate as he is kidnapped by Malian slave raiders and sold into slavery.

Annie Palmer, the White Witch of Rose Hall, is remembered as a sadistic 19th-century enslaver who terrorised enslaved people before her own death at the hands of her lover.

The end of the departure process sees France with no permanent military presence in West or Central Africa, marking a significant decrease in French influence.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Afrikan Reparations hosted an independent delegation of Caribbean researchers and activists lobbying for reparations in Westminster.

Namibia’s president stated, "We should find a degree of comfort in the fact that the German government has agreed that German troops committed a genocide against the people of our land. We may not agree on the final quantum, but that is part of the complex negotiations we have been engaged in with the German government since 2013."

"How could someone as gifted as Moneim Mustafa, designer of some of the most exciting mid-century modernist buildings anywhere, be so neglected...?"

The folder known as a 'carpeta' contained over 60 pages detailing her grandfather's life, including mundane information like his height, weight, and license plate number.