Not exoneration but insisting on the need for sensitivity to a complex situation.
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 20:36 'Emeagwali, Gloria (History)' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--What struck me most was that even the formercolonial powers recognize their culpability - whilst a fewdie-hards who should definitely know better, anachronisticallytry to exonerate them.
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
History Department, Central Connecticut State University
www.africahistory.netChief Editor- "Africa Update"www.vimeo.com/gloriaemeagwali
Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries2014 Distinguished Research Excellence Award in African StudiesUniversity of Texas at Austin2019 Distinguished Africanist AwardNew York African Studies Association
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there are different ways to think of monument to past figures/powers etc. one is to break them; another to hide them away, say in museums, confining them to the past,.i would have no real problem with using graffiti. that preserves the protest in a way that is alive. i realize this is a "desecration" but that's the whole point: the values embodied in this chaise, carriage, are symbolic of an order that is to be overturned, including in its symbologyken
kenneth harrow
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dutch king retires the Golden Coach- symbol of colonialismhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/dutch-king-to-retire-golden-coach-with-slavery-images-after-racism-row--
Toyin Adepoju, take note.--
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