"Africans used the new opportunities created by colonial conquest and colonial rule to pursue their own agendas even as they served their employers."
— Colonialism

January 1, 1970

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Benjamin Lawrance, Emily Osborn, Richard Roberts, “Introduction,” Intermediaries, Interpreters, and Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa (Benjamin Lawrance, Emily Osborn, Richard Roberts, eds.) Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006), cited by Bruce Gilley in "The Case for Colonialism: A Response to My Critics"