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# [The World of Colonial Letters](https://dependency.blog/the-world-of-colonial-letters?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Dear Reader, I am writing to you in line with the mission of the newly inaugurated BCDSS Blog, which provides a creative space for scholars affiliated with the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies to share their research interests and insig...

Jun 5, 2023 · 7 min read · dependency.blog  
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[Mary Afolabi](https://hashnode.com/@maryafolabi)

@maryafolabi · Bonn, Germany

  
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Slavery Researcher

I am a PhD student at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies. My research explores representations of slavery, asymmetrical dependency and freedom in the life-writings of Nineteenth Century Recaptured West Africans. Through this study, I provide fresh insights into the genre of the ‘slave narrative’ which has so far primarily been explored from the perspective of African-American enslaved persons while silence remains on those West African captives who despite remaining in Africa, were displaced within the continent.

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