talking about colonization as something
of the past
without any relevance to present issues
is failing to appreciate the trauma
and disruption that colonization has
caused and continues to cause
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it's critical to examine the premise
objectives
and structure of the colonial project to
be able to identify its consequences to
this day
and not contribute to it here are some
examples
of how colonization is still palpable in
african countries
at many levels to this very day
patriarchy and othering of women
the whole notion of gender and biologic
that is defining somebody's social
status based
only on biological elements in this case
biological sex at birth
were not always present in africa at
least not to such an extent
in her book the intervention of woman
oyawumi meticulously presents how in
pre-colonial yoruba land
social relations were based on age and
seniority
and not on gender or biological sex
since gender was not relevant there is
no evidence that patriarchy
and the positioning of men as
anthologically superior to women
and in charge of making decisions
existed
there is however evidence that when
britain invaded and colonized yoruba
land
patriarchy and the submission of woman
to men
was present in britain patriarchy was
therefore imposed
during colonization in yorubaland and
possibly in other african countries
in britain access to power was
gender-based
therefore politics was largely men's job
the system of indirect rule introduced
by the british colonial government
recognized the male chief authority
at the local level and did not
acknowledge the existence of female
chiefs
this created a two-fold hierarchy of
race and
gender not only were black people seen
as inferior to white people
black women were seen as inferior to
black men
and to both white men and women as
oyawumi puts it
african females were colonized by
europeans
as africans and as african women they
were dominated
exploited and inferiorized as africans
together with
african men and then separately
inferiorized and marginalized
as african women
this had lasting consequences on
education
educating boys was encouraged since they
could hope to access
lower levels of the colonial government
women couldn't and as a result educating
girls was not seen
as relevant while boys and men received
education
that prepared them to apply for
positions in the colonial regime
girls and women's education focused on
embroidery
and sowing as
dr j.e quegier agree said
it is time that africans and those who
are committed to
africa's liberation from a colonial
paradigm
internalize that only the best
is good enough for africa
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