Puerto Rico votes on statehood: Polls and protests
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
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It will take critical, thorough scrutiny to truly decolonise knowledge
Critical decolonisation means accepting risk of error. It means considering whether indigenous knowledge systems might contain truths that western science hasn't accessed.
France and Africa: Macron’s rhetoric shouldn’t be confused with reality
Despite being led by different presidents over the past six decades, the French government's policy on Africa has been faithful to its neo-colonial roots. Will Macron's government be any different?
The pros and cons of commercial farming models in Africa
Many African countries are still searching for inclusive commercial farming models that can bring in private investment without dispossessing local people.
4 things to know about North and South Korea
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
African history is a discipline on the rise – and one that raises many questions
A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world's global pasts and present.
Why the French presidential candidates are arguing about their colonial history
Should French children be taught about the 'positive aspects' of colonialism? What the presidential candidates say.
No need to despair even as the dream of South Africa feels like a nightmare
The promise of Easter, which Christians around the world celebrate, can be likened to the new struggle in South Africa for a new leadership and government that cares about the people.
The rise of anti-immigrant attitudes, violence and nationalism in Costa Rica
While Costa Ricans pride their country for being an oasis of stability in Latin America, the nation has struggled with restrictive laws and social attitudes toward immigrants from Nicaragua.
Zille, tweeting and inanity: more reasons for white South Africans to shut up
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille 's Twitter rant about colonialism caused an uproar as it brought back memories of a brutal and violent time in South Africa.
Born into revolution: reflections on a radical teacher’s life
Alie Fataar exemplifies the type of teacher South Africa sorely requires today if its classrooms are to be used to develop a new generation of critical, engaged students.
South Africa: Helen Zille’s folly and the simplicities of debate
For Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to invite black South Africans, in a casual manner, to differentiate the legacies of colonialism is asking a lot.
Debating the British Empire’s ‘legacy’ is pointless – this is still an imperial world
The empire's formal structures may have been gutted, but its influence lives on.
Under the influence of … ‘Covering Sarah’: exorcising the trauma of colonialism and racism
South African Visual Artist Senzeni Marasela's work creates a tension between the narrations of public wounding and her private one.
Tough immigration laws are hitting Britain’s curry houses hard
The great British curry crisis.
America’s mass deportation system is rooted in racism
From Chinese laborers to 'bad hombres,' the US settler mentality has perpetuated an immigration system that pushes out unwanted groups and bypasses the Constitution.
Taboo: the East India Company and the true horrors of empire
The BBC's Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
Emmanuel Macron, the French presidency and a colonial controversy
The presidential candidate stoked anger on the right by calling French colonialism a 'crime against humanity'.
Taboo: working for the East India Company could make you rich … or dead
The East India Company offered men untold travel and riches – if they survived.
Zuckerberg’s holiday home stirs up dark history of West Coast capitalism in Hawaii
Zuckerberg is just the latest in a long line of West Coast capitalists to purchase a slice of Hawaii.
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Senior Lecturer in Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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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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