Black And Yellow Perils In Col

Part I of Essay
" Explain the obsession amongst European settlers in sub-Saharan Africa with 'black' and 'yellow' perils". ISSUES OF MISCEGENATION AND RACIAL PURITY: There was a general outrage at the concept of mixed race relations within colonial Europe, especially within Britain, who di ....

Part II of Essay
.... African in question had been an exhibit at the 'Savage South Africa' exposition. This accentuated the fears that formed the basis for the paranoia concerning 'yellow' and especially 'black' perils in imperial Africa, and also enhanced worries concerning racial degeneration. The result of this and one or two other isolated incidents, was that women were forbidden to attend the majority of any subsequent exhibitions, if not nationally, then certainly in the London area. The appearance of scientific racism in the second half of the nineteenth ....