The Complex History of the Komagata Maru

Maddi B.

This factsheet offers a complex and layered look into the history of the Komagata Maru. Underlined with critical race theory, the factsheet weaves Indigenous sovereignty into conversation with a history on racist Canadian immigration policies.

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References

Mawani, Renisa. "Specters of Indigeneity in British-Indian Migration, 1994." Law and Society Review 46, 2 (2012): 369-403.
Memmi, Albert. The colonizer and the colonized. Boston: Beacon Press, 1991.

Source Authors

Albert Memmi, Renisa Mawani

Events

Komagata Maru

Keywords

Canada's Colonial History, Colonial Violence, Constructing 'Race', Constructing Difference, Critical Race Theory, History of Racism, History of Resistance, Immigration, Inclusions & Exclusions, Indigenous Sovereignty, Interrupting Colonial Narratives, Justifying Injustice, Land and Power, Land Dispossession, Legal History, Multiple Ways of Knowing, Ongoing Colonialism, Plurality of Experiences, Racialization, Racist Hierarchies, Racist Legislation, Racist Violence, Resistant Knowledge, Resisting Racism, Settler Moves to Innocence, Settler-Indigenous Relations, State Sanctioned Violence, Stories and Power

Key Figures

Munshi Singh

Locations

Britain, Calcutta, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Moji, Musqueam territory, Punjab, Shanghai, South Africa, Squamish Territory, Tsleil-waututh Territory, Turtle Island, United States, Vancouver, Yokohama

Themes

History, Theory