West Virginia University
Bright Alozie is a teaching instructor at West Virginia University.
“Voices Behind Bars”: Petition Writing, Convict Identities and the Tensions of Colonial Punishment in Southern Nigeria
This paper uses petitions—much neglected sources—to tell stories of convicts in colonial Nigeria. It argues that “voices behind bars” were heard through petitions and that petitioning gave convicts a sense of agency within the colonial penal sphere.
Sessions
The Colonial Project and its Discontents