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Statue
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Admiral Horatio Nelson Statue in Bridgetown
Barbados
By Contested Histories Initiative • July 2021
Originally erected in 1813, the statue of British Colonial Admiral Horatio Nelson, enjoyed 206 years of undisturbed tenure in the centre of Bridgetown. However, in recent years Barbados has undergone a journey of renewing national identity and demarcating new heroes, causing Nelson to come under scrutiny. This case raises… Read More
#96
Grūtas Sculpture Park in Druskininkai
Lithuania
By Contested Histories Initiative • July 2021
The Grūtas Park was created to collect and display Soviet-era monuments that had been removed from public spaces following Lithuanian independence. This case study provides an example of an effective and alternate remedy to destruction or erasure of contested historical legacies, but also shows the political, social, and economic… Read More
#72
University of Ghana Gandhi Statue in Accra
Ghana
By Contested Histories Initiative • July 2021
In June 2016, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was gifted to the University of Ghana in Accra, by the Indian President. Shortly after, staff and students at the University circulated a petition calling for the statue’s removal due to Gandhi’s racist writings on Africans. In 2018, two years after… Read More
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Statue of Joséphine de Beauharnais in Fort-de-France
Martinique, France
By Contested Histories Initiative • July 2021
The statue of Napoleon’s first wife, first Empress of the French, lingered beheaded in Martinique, one of the remaining overseas territories of France. In July 2020 the Statue was permanently demolished. This case introduces the role of non-restoration as a memory policy to prevent and/or react to conflicts rooted… Read More
#167
Report of a Commission Inquiry Established by Oriel College, Oxford into Issues Associated with Memorial to Cecil Rhodes
By Oriel College Commission of Inquiry • April 2021
Report of actions of a Commission, established by the Governing Body of Oriel College in Oxford in June 2020, in order to consider the issues raised for the College by the memorials and legacy of Cecil Rhodes. Read More
Rhodes Must Fall
The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire
By Brian Kwoba, Roseanne Chantiluke & Athinangamso Nkopo • 2018
Written by key members of the movement in Oxford, Rhodes Must Fall is the story of that campaign. Showing the crucial importance of both intersectionality and solidarity with sister movements in South Africa and beyond, this book shows what it means to boldly challenge the racism rooted deeply at… Read More