Racism and colonialism are not events but enduring structures written into law and media systems. Legislators should listen to what Black, Indigenous and racialized people are calling for.
Queen Elizabeth II waves from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
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In the early 1960s, British and American diplomats conspired to establish a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest atoll of the Chagos Archipelago.
Patrice Lumumba, left, first Prime Minister of independent Congo in 1960. The CIA celebrated his death.
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Fanon was brutally honest in his criticism of militants and Africa’s post-independence elites.
Le président français, Emmanuel Macron, à droite, et le président du Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, à l’Élysée, à Paris, en novembre.
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L'approche de Macron à l'égard de la politique africaine s'inspire des stratégies des années 50 en raison notamment des similutudes avec la période qui a suivi la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Pro-independence parties had sought a delay for the third and final referendum due to the impact of the pandemic on the Indigenous Kanak population. It was denied.
Homo bodoensis was named after a skull discovered almost 50 years ago in Ethiopia.
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If scientific research is to take decolonization seriously, names for species should reflect this approach and consider the political, social and emotional implications.
Local children learning about ancient belongings at a cultural event in the Orange Walk District.
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What’s happening in Belize is a work in progress. Its citizens pursue diverse self-determined actions along with repatriation as steps toward generational healing and redress.
Humans are shaping the environment and geology of the planet for the first time in history.
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