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Fanon’s famous book was translated to isiZulu by South African writer and scholar Makhosazana Xaba.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.
African news media have continued many of the damaging norms of how western media report on the continent. It’s time for a rethink.
Sugar: An Ethnographic Novel is an elegant and intimate portrayal of everyday life in Fiji, deeply honest about the struggles and inequalities beneath the image of a tourist paradise.
This playlist of podcast episodes invites listeners to engage in learning and unlearning; to acknowledge the tragic legacies of residential schools and to move beyond a single day of remembrance.
Though dominated by British and US events, Black History for Every Day of the Year shows the connections of people of African descent across the world.
Corrective policies should be implemented as part of a holistic, long-term strategy to address historical injustices and create a more equitable South African society.
Guinness adverts show how African men’s search for validation can enrich western corporations.
Access to halal mortgages, which provide interest-free housing loans, has been growing in the US.
Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
Repatriation of looted African art is no longer a marginalised topic, but reaps few rewards.
Most of the plants we know and admire were named after white, western men. Indigenous knowledge has been largely absent from the field of botany.
Amitav Ghosh has used his storytelling prowess to outline the historical and political roots of climate change within systems of power and oppression.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
The Top End heads to the polls this Saturday. In a territory that has been both over-governed and neglected, there’s little on offer for Indigenous communities.
Space may be considered the final frontier, but the US was once a frontier, too. How can space industry leaders avoid repeating practices that led to colonialism in the 18th century and beyond?
The author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and other classic novels used the words ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’ nearly a dozen times in her books.
The Long Shadow of German Colonialism tells of a brutal history, and how this past lives on today.
The Anarchy is becoming a modern classic in its exploration of unrestricted corporate power through the British East India Company.
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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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Curator & Section Head, Oceania, The British Museum
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Associate professor, McGill University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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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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Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp
