“When they left for South Africa to work on a farm, she thought they were escaping. She thought, as many of them did, that it was a way out. The new land showed promise: Indian indentured labor had been abolished, opportunities were arising in the growing Indian settlements in Natal and Transvaal, neighbors and friends were all leaving. They said it was better in Africa for them. But her family realized too late, the British were the same whether they were in South Africa or India; their brown skin would always hold the same currency. Her family still lived in poverty, they were punished for their skin color, and they were still answerable to the white man for everything they did. It was still slavery, just in different packaging.” FreedomSlaverySouth AfricaBritish EmpireColonizationIndentured Servant Book:The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years Source: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
“There were waves of genocide that overcame indigenous populations of Oceania and do we have a library of books or films to tell our story? No. We have tourist hula shows and commercials where the “natives” tend to tourists like indentured servants with plastic, lifeless smiles. It’s not such a charming picture, is it? The truth is ugly, but so is ignorance or denial of such atrocities and pain.” TruthPainGenocidePlasticColonialismImperialismIndigenousTourismDocumentationServantsNativesImperialismeIndentured Servant Book:Quixote in Ramadi: An Indigenous Account of Imperialism Source: Quixote in Ramadi: An Indigenous Account of Imperialism