Decolonising The Everyday

 

#DecolonisingTheEveryday

After my guest lecture last Monday, here is a good explanatory video produced by

Al Jazeera English

:

- 'How France’s Colonial Past Explains Its Racism Today'

Both sides of the channel could learn from this. For instance on the Haitian Revolution and how/why Arabs are also victims of racism for instance...

Despite resistance from French elite, there’ve been growing calls for France to recognise and apologise for its violent colonisation of millions of people in Africa and Asia. In fact, by 1901, France ruled 79 million people over 4.6 million square miles. “Where would France be without its colonies in the Caribbean?” asks Professor Mame-Fatou Niang.

“Where would France be without its huge possessions in Sub-Saharan Africa? Where would France be without its possessions in Asia, without Algeria?”