I visted an exhibition / screen filming by Onyeka Igwe called A So-Called Archive. Themes of colonialism were heavily present in this, which as a person from Brazilian/Portuguese descent i feel strange with. Seeing as the country i grew up in (Brazil) was colonised by my other half the Portuguese.
The 20 minute screening showed two locations in contrast to each other. Both being colonial archive buildings. One in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Bristol, United Kingdom. This contrast was shown throughout the film. Showcasing old archive buildings torn about, destroyed and full cobwebs. Decayed walls and dead animals laid around, with stacks of rusted film boxes holding hundreds of hours of archival information. The Uk has had a huge colonial history, its controlled lots of other countries and I find it interesting to see how they handle the archives of other countries when they were so eager to take over them at first but then when it came to persevering their culture and history they are absent as the buildings shown.
In contrast to things we have learnt throughout the module so far. She has a powerful statement for doing this. She is Nigerian and so has a passion to speak about this colonial past that England has tried to glorify and hide.