Historical Scholarship and the Public Square
The Belgian Commission on Colonialism Through the Lens of Wiriyamu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mustafah Dhada (California State University, Bakersfield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-294 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853725000039 |
| OpenAlex | W4407418388 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This piece troubleshoots an array of epistemological, political, and practical difficulties involved in public studies of colonial atrocities. It explores the deficiencies of the Commission on Colonialism backed by the Belgian parliament between 2020–22, and suggests pathways for facilitating a fuller accounting of colonial wrongs. The argument leverages the author’s experiences in investigating and publicizing the colonial massacre of Mozambican civilians in Wiriyamu in 1972, which culminated in a public apology from Portugal’s prime minister in 2022
Archaeology · Colonialism · Commission · Lens (geology · Media studies · Optics · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Square (algebra · African history and culture studies · Australian History and Society · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Gender Studies · History · Law
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King Leopold's Ghost
The Invention of Africa
The Cambridge History of Africa
Belgium and the Congo, 1885–1980
David vs Goliath’
Guide to African Archives in Belgium
Studies in the Theory of Imperialism
The end of red rubber
History by Commission? The Belgian Colonial Past and the Limits of History in the Public Eye
King Leopold's Bust
E. D. Morel's History of the Congo Reform Movement
Towards a History of Mass Violence in the Etat Indépendant du Congo, 1885-1908
Open secrets
Along the Archival Grain
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |