Oswusu’s novel implicitly challenges the boundaries of the field of history as the reader pieces together all that goes with memory, clipping and achronological experiences, and information. Each section is made up of fragments that weave together to tell K’s complex story of identity, sexuality, addiction, religion, and family as he battles budding neurosis. The Anansi jumps from the page as they discuss the pleasures and challenges of storytelling. Across five chronological sections, a narrator introduces each section by making an enigmatic declaration to Anansi, the trickster of western African folklore. Decolonization of cultural institutions calls for something more complex and subtle a decolonization of the mind and an openness to really listening and hearing, to expand not only the intellectual endeavours, but to contest the boundaries of intellectualism, a realm situated within whiteness.ĭerek Owusu’s debut novel That Reminds Meis the story of K, a boy born in London to Ghanian parents, from birth to adulthood. For many museums, however, “ime waits for no one” (Folklore, 1225) as pressure– internal and external–force change that may otherwise be shelved. As Leo Tolstoy wrote in War and Peace “he most powerful warriors are patience and time”, institutions built on native invisibility, racism, genderism, and elitism are aware that it falls back to them to engage in the uncomfortable histories and ongoing legacies of such -isms. Time is a contributing factor in silencing conversations on decolonization. As spaces of public engagement, cultural institutions play pivotal roles in shaping views on humans and the (un)natural world. Acknowledging the intellectual endeavours and demands of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ within cultural institutions is often countered with a “parental-control” reaction– now is not the time, it takes time to do this right, that’s not a top priority, you need to be patient, such-and-such has that covered.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |