Abstract
ABSTRACT In the wake of the #Blacklivesmatter movement and its subsequent questioning of the European colonial past and the slave trade, this article seeks to shed light on what may be considered offensive memorabilia from the colonial past and discuss how to deal with them today. The ‘decolonizing the minds’ movement originated in 2015 in South Africa and culminated in 2020 with an attempt to bring down the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford. This event demonstrated that those associated with oppression are increasingly ready to challenge the presence and symbolic locations of colonial and imperial relics. Similarly, colonial postcards are part and parcel of such heritage as they often convey and showcase the racist and sexist imperial gaze of the time. The question posed by this article is: how should we respond to that ‘gaze’ today?
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