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African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
John Chilembwe features on Malawi’s banknotes and is remembered in a public holiday every year. But he is little-known elsewhere.
As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
Few Canadians know about the doctrine of coverture and how it stripped Indigenous women of their agency.
A public relations move by Loblaw Companies is just the latest in a long line of big business antics stretching back to pre-Confederation fur trade in Canada.
Indonesia has criminalized same-sex sexuality, but trans people are finding support in some trans-inclusive mosques and churches.
Engineers say the current ‘iron ring’ ritual is steeped in colonial worldviews and excludes the public from understanding engineers’ ethical obligations.
Canadian journalist institutions have failed to address their ongoing colonialism and that has meant that urgent Indigenous issues have been ignored or sensationalized.
As the Grand Egyptian Museum begins welcoming visitors ahead of its opening in 2023, one object remains conspicuously absent.
Developed nations threaten to consume more than their fair share of Earth’s dwindling carbon budget.
People across much of North Africa were subject to racist laws and suffering at the hands of European powers during the Second World War.
Pictures of women in war play a pivotal role in the battlefield of political ideas, argues a feminist historian who examines how images and attire are used and seen in war zones and occupied lands.
A different future will not be possible without reverence, respect, reciprocity and responsibility towards the Earth. On this issue, Indigenous Peoples have a lot to share.
Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
Smuggling in Uganda’s West Nile region is seen as an act of defiance – a way to make ends meet in the face of perceived state neglect.
The mega dam in Jinja was meant to give Uganda energy independence, but this was constrained by Britain’s agricultural interests in Egypt.
Reaction to criticism of the monarchy shows that universities need to do much more to support racialized faculty and staff.
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Professor of 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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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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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Curator & Section Head, Oceania, The British Museum
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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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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Emeritus Professor of History, Lancaster University
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
