lingering cobwebs
I thought i would post Tawonas comment relating to the post red flannel pieces relating to trade,colonialism and slave trade.
‘the battle continues: being African, i find it interesting that our story is most often told through the eyes of the enslavers themselves – the written accounts of the ‘great’ missionaries and explorers. my schooling in a former British colony was thoroughly British and socially, many Africans continue to live in awe of ‘Great’ Britain. When people think of slavery, not often would one consider the experience of those Africans who were not transported, but remained on the African continent; initially to work on plantations there, and then later to live in segregation under oppressive regimes. In common usage, the term ‘colonialism’ has a somewhat romantic and often nostalgic connotation, which inadvertently renders it a euphemism of slavery. whether the former empire is too ashamed, afraid or unwilling to confront this issue, the tendency to resort to ‘tokenistic’ gestures which lack meaningful impact, or any real sense of justice - leaving a lot of African descendants frustrated and often angry. as time carries on, the untold story lingers like cobwebs in an abandoned home’
see TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie HERE the danger of a single story