Friday, January 5, 2024: 9:10 AM
Franciscan B (Hilton Union Square)
Sandra Araújo’s paper tackles two interrogatories: Was Wiriyamu exceptional in Portugal’s conduct of war? If not, does Wiriyamu merit reparations BEFORE a wider inquiry into Portugal’s other killing field is undertaken? What historiographic challenges would such an inquiry pose to dig up evidence on the nearly 110,000 civilian dead of whom only 385 are accounted for in the present study on Wiriaymu?