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Lecture: Mariana Candido (Emory University) – Wealth, Land, and Property in Angola: A history of dispossession, slavery, and inequality
Auditorium Vandenhove (Rozier 1, next to the Book Tower, 9000 Ghent) Rozier 1, GentExploring the multifaceted history of dispossession, consumption,and inequality in West Central Africa, Mariana Candido presents a revisionist history of Angola from the sixteenth century until the Berlin Conference of 1884–85. She demonstrates how ideas about dominion and land rights informed the appropriation and enslavement of free people and their labor. By centering the experiences of […]