“This is typical, trying to treat history as though it is the property of the ruling class, which will dispense however much of it they want to dispense at any given point in time” from Walter Rodney Speaks.
In Walter Rodney Speaks, the historian warns us that there has always been a tendency for history to become the narrative of “victors”.
When we are not careful, our history becomes the story of those who invaded and exploited us. “History” then simply becomes an ode to those who get to write it.
