Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Recommendations for texts on banishment in West Africa

Lola,

        Your best bet is the National Archive, Ibadan. Though it is in a sorry state, it is your only hope, and you will need a lot of patience. Ibadan houses the lion's share of the colonial documents dealing with the former Western Provinces, which included Central Province (before 1914 when its name was changed and divided) which included Asaba District, and late  Benin Province (a new Province excised from Central) which included Asaba Division, where your family hails from. Dont also forget that parts of Asaba were under Royal Niger Company administration before 1900. So try Ibadan.  

Uyi 

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From: 'Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 1:29 AM
To: Usaafricadialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Recommendations for texts on banishment in West Africa

 

Hi all,

I'm working on my second book, which fictionalizes a bit of family lore.  My great-grandfather was discovered with a cache of guns and banished by the British in 1897 – no one from the family ever heard from him again and no one knows where he died, was buried, etc.

I'm obviously not a historian, so I wonder if you have any suggestions for texts that I should read that examine the use of banishment to suppress suspected anti-colonial dissent.  I know, for example, that the Asantehene was banished to the Seychelles and eventually returned to Ghana but don't know how more minor figures who were banished during the colonial period were treated.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Lola

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