“Holding Living Bodies in Graveyards”: The Violence of Keeping Ethiopian Manuscripts in Western Institutions

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“Holding Living Bodies in Graveyards”: The Violence of Keeping Ethiopian Manuscripts in Western Institutions

There are two types of Africa. The first is a place where people and cultures live. The second is the image of Africa that has been invented through colonial knowledge and power. The colonial image of Africa, as the Other of Europe, a land “enveloped in the dark mantle of night” was supported by wes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Woldeyes, Yirga Gelaw
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	M/C - Media and Culture 2020
Online Access:	http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/1621 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79354

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