Abstract
This antiquated display of thousands of deceased flies belies one of the most significant challenges to Western medicine and colonial settlement in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. These tsetse-flies rendered settlement in many parts of tropical and subtropical Africa impossible, and caused the deaths of thousands of humans and animals alike.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Online reference essay |
| Media of output | University of Cape Town, Object Ecologies Project |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |