Uncovering the truth behind colonialism

Hello hivers, welcome to my blog. Today's I'll be responding to one of the weekly prompts dropped by hive learners community. History is told only by the victors, and as such, it may not always be accurate because it will only favor those who tell it. Thus, what's that piece of history you believe is totally wrong but everyone just thinks it's right? Will there ever be a way to correct this perception?

One thing about history is that it is told by the victors, no one knows the other side of the story and most people don't care to ask or find out the truth. A lot of time these victors end up hiding the truth or hide some of the bad things they did, so people will see them as good people.

One piece of history that I believe is always been told the wrong way is the history on colonialism. Growing up, I was taught that the Europeans came to Africa to help us. That they brought a lot of things to us, they brought civilization, religion and education. But this is not totally true. It's not too long I got to know that the Europeans didn't come to give us, rather they came to take from us, they took our land, our culture, our gold and even our freedom, we became slaves in our own land.

In some history textbooks, the colonial masters are been praised a lot. They are called so many names and some are discoverer and explorers and one would think that Africa never existed. It the truth is just that Africa had kingdom, rich culture and strong leaders. We were into trading, farming, and living peaceful lives. But when we read the history books we would think Africa had nothing, like it was empty and needed saving.

There are some African heroes that are being ignored, their heroism is rarely been talked about and it really hurt. Some of these heroes are queen Amina, Jaja of Opobo, Funmilayo Ransome-kuti, these are just but a few of the people for fought for our freedom, but their stories are rarely been told, their names are even forgotten and this is really wrong.

*CAN THIS EVEN BE CORRECTED?

I believe it can. More Africans are beginning to tell their stories, our teachers are also teaching and this should be included in scheme of work, I think this is already in place because at my place of work, we teach history and those in higher classes get to learn of the things that our heroes and heroines did for us. Our film makers in their part can help to also tell the real stories. History should be about truth and not pride.

When we question what we read and also search for more answer, we can always discover the truth. The truth might be hidden for a very long time but it can't be hidden forever. A day will come when people will know the truth and that is when we can say that history is fair to everyone.

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