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Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.
This year marks 140 years since Parihaka pā was sacked. As He Puapua reignites the debate about the impacts of colonisation, how do the descendants of early European settlers respond?
Colonialism, political turmoil and unmet citizen promises all lie behind the rise of attacks on foreign-run fossil fuel plants in Mozambique.
Celebrities and businesses have drawn criticism for cultural appropriation. An expert provides guidance on when it is sharing another culture out of appreciation and when it is appropriation.
Barriers to independent national decision making in farming need to be challenged if agricultural sustainability is to be developed.
Ecology is dominated by colonial notions and knowledge that doesn’t consider local knowledge. This needs to change.
Activists are taking a creative approach to complex debates despite intransigence from Westminster.
Palm oil is responsible for widespread deforestation and labor abuses, but it’s also cheap and incredibly useful. That’s why many advocates call for reforming the industry, not replacing it.
The minutiae of bureaucratic policy and procedure perpetuates colonialism and undermined a fully Tŝilhqot’in-led pandemic response.
Critical race theory highlights the systemic and institutional nature of racism. A campaign to misrepresent the theory is being waged by right-wing actors in the US, and some at home.
Acts of genocide were strategically implemented by church and the Canadian government to remove Indigenous people from their land and, in turn, their culture.
The latest movie to take on this classic story sentimentalizes history in the name of inspiring religious devotion.
Canadians need to understand the basic harms and violences that continue to be experienced by Indigenous people across the land we call Canada.
Ground-penetrating radar located the remains of 215 First Nations children in a mass unmarked grave, revealing a macabre part of Canada’s hidden history.
German’s commitment of €1.1bn for development projects in Namibia over 30 years is too cheap a price to pay for remorse.
In many cases, colonial maps would portray conquered land as having been ‘empty’ and available when settlers arrived — even if it wasn’t.
As public funding disappears, corporations have moved to the head of the table of higher education.
The documentary by Dutch artist Renzo Martins is generating important debates today in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in Europe. Analysis of the stakes of a film that will be a milestone.
The inability to curb road accidents in Ghana is tied to colonial and neocolonial legacies.
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Reader in Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Emeritus Professor of History, Lancaster University
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in French Studies, University of Westminster
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Research Associate, Centre for Indian Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand
