Imperial Gallows: Murder, Violence and the Death Penalty in British Colonial Africa, c.1915–60

2025/01/02 by Ryan Shaffer · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #African history and culture studies

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2455624

openalex publication_date 2025/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

Stacey Hynd explores the death penalty as a punishment and tactic of colonial violence in British colonial Africa. She delves into the attitudes of the colonial state towards African subjects by lo...

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