Reclaiming narratives: African storytelling as a path to justice and reparations
26 Jan 2025, 05:50 GMT
By Mohamed Mohamud
Topic: Arts & Culture
Source URL: https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/26/reclaiming-narratives-african-storytelling-as-a-path-to-justice-and-reparations/
Centuries of being overshadowed and misrepresented by colonial and other external perspectives have portrayed the continent through a lens of primitivism and inferiority. Such depictions served to justify colonial subjugation and exploitation.