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Too often the history of European imperialism in Africa and Asia is one of colored maps showing where Europeans colonized, but what if we focused more on African and Asian resistance to imperialism?
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We can also include more images made by colonized peoples showing how they challenged and questioned imperialism, such as this Indian cartoon questioning how the British exploited India
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You can find out more about to teach a decolonized version of the history of imperialism on Liberating Narratives
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The history of imperialism is often told as a history of European conquest. It's important to show students that people resisted. This map highlights African resistance to European imperialism.
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Source: themaparchive.com/product/africa…
#teachhistoryvisually #whapchat #decolonizehistory
Source: themaparchive.com/product/africa…
This illustration is one of the early images of the Ethiopian victory over the Italians at Adwa in 1896
Source: artuk.org/discover/artwo…
Source: artuk.org/discover/artwo…
For folks asking about how to use this map in the classroom, check out this post:
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In teaching the transatlantic slave system, I want to share a few individual stories that can be used in the classroom. The first is Belinda Sutton, an enslaved woman taken from the Gold Coast (today’s Ghana) around 1724
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In a petition for reparations from 1783, Sutton describes her childhood, her enslavement and transport across the Atlantic, and her experiences in the Americas.
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I like to use her brief description of the Middle Passage in comparison with other enslaved Africans’ description of the crossing.
