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Climate justice policies could potentially double as tools of colonialism that harm people outside the US.
Why altruism is in shorter supply than the industry wants you to believe
These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
The intertwining of the market, state and society has continued to see itself expressed through music in the DRC.
A design team at Emily Carr University worked with families from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation to support the development of healthy environments for children.
Sarah Baartman’s name can be elevated to the highest point of the University of Cape Town’s campus, but if her legacy isn’t built into each classroom and interaction the honour is hollow.
One of the 'first white women' to travel in the Northern Territory, Elsie Masson's attitudes to the Aboriginal people she met expressed the contradictions of racial thought at this time.
Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
Donald Trump portrays migrants as a foreign problem 'dumped' on America's doorstep. That view ignores the global forces that bind nations together, including trade, climate change and colonization.
Villagers from a community in South Africa's Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
We need a more nuanced approach to the world's last isolated peoples.
Australia is becoming more diverse, but these charts show we are still predominantly an Anglo society with strained relations with other cultures, particularly Indigenous and Muslim Australians.
Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
Outdated water permit systems are threatening food security on the continent. Here's what can be done.
For William Kentridge, searching and erasure serves as a model for understanding our place in the world.
Hipsters exhibit a nostalgia for the past that echoes right-leaning political movements around the world.
The question of land has been hotly contested in Namibia ever since independence.
Despite South Africa's progressive constitution, LGBTIQ people continue to face discrimination in all social spheres.
Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil's Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
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Senior Lecturer 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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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
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Emeritus Professor of History, Lancaster University
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Post-doctoral Fellow in French Language and Culture, 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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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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South African visual artist and senior lecturer of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Director and Assistant Professor Measurement & Evaluation School of Professional and Extended Studies, American University
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Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo and Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
