# Colonialism [[2025-0325. '‘Otherness’ extends also to other human beings - the history of colonial conquest in Africa and the Americas relied on treating indigenous peoples as animals, as less than humans.'|'‘Otherness’ extends also to other human beings: the history of colonial conquest in Africa and the Americas relied on treating indigenous peoples as animals, as less than humans. Thus, ‘the savages’ often featured in touring shows in Europe.']][^1] [^1]: Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, ‘[[Rivera-Fuentes. ‘Gender and Hybridity’, 2000.|Gender and Hybridity: The Significance of Human/Animal Characters in Magic Realist Fiction]]’, *Animal Issues*, vol. 4, no. 1 (2000), p. 31.