The history lessons I should have learned in school
By Lindiswa Jan | Published Oct 24, 2017
I recently spent time at a public library to organise and write up my research data. As I took a seat to connect my laptop, I came across a Maskew Miller Longman FOCUS grade 12 history textbook. Initially, I looked at it with disapproval imaging that I would offend myself with colonial images and texts about how great European conquerors and colonisers such as French Napoleon and Dutch’s Piet Retief were in civilising the African lot.