The Dark Science Behind the West’s Obsession with African Skulls During the Colonial Era
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When most people think about colonialism, they picture stolen gold, enslaved people, rubber plantations, diamonds, and vast territories carved up by European empires. Few realize that one of colonialism’s most disturbing legacies wasn’t buried beneath the ground; it was shipped across the sea in wooden crates. Those crates contained the skulls of Africans, collected by […] TalkAfricana
