Why Are Anthropologists Interested in the Anticolonial and Independence Movements

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Essay

Why are anthropologists interested in the anticolonial and independence movements? When did the majority occur, and summarize reasons for this. Identify three strategies commonly used to gain independence and how external forces often contributed to the quest for independence.

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