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More than being the social problem they are often made out to be, gangs are an indication of larger problems present in their societies.
Western approaches to studying African materials have had a colonial bias. A curator considers what it means to think of the collection as needing to exist in relation to communities.
Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi set the tone for ethnic and authoritarian politics which Kenya has wrestled to free itself from in recent decades.
Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
The government and some producers are pushing to industrialize the sugar cane-based spirit to boost its popularity around the world, while small farmers fear losing their livelihoods.
On paper, the lush and wealthy city of Geneva is one of the capitals of human rights. Yet, one historian’s work points to a darker history few one want to see.
As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around the world, are no exception.
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
Calls to secede have been heard from time to time in Kenya – most often around elections.
Peter Enahoro, Nigerian journalist, columnist and author, died on 24 April 2023.
Regarding himself heir to Cecil Rhodes, Oppenheimer deplored the threat to civilisation represented by ‘primitive tribesmen’.
The naming of streets, places and landmarks in colonial Nairobi was used to show the political, ideological and ethnic dominance of the British.
NATO’s growing presence in the Pacific evokes a painful history that the western world has never confronted or fully acknowledged.
Stan Grant’s new book, The Queen is Dead, is revealing in terms of his decision to step down from public life. ‘I have been reminded what it is to come from the other side of history,’ he writes.
As we approach the start of gardening season, it’s a good time to ask some questions about what to plant and who gets to plant.
Activists view their moral case for the return of the diamonds as unanswerable, but it runs up against many complications.
Philip Miller and Amit Chaudhuri have reworked national anthems to reflect the impact of history on official music.
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht 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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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Curator & Section Head, Oceania, The British Museum
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Associate professor, McGill University
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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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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
