Officially, sovereignty has been put to bed with three straight independence referendum defeats. But France is continuing to devolve powers to its territory in an ambitious power-sharing experiment.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Colonisation
Displaying 1 - 20 of 70 articles
With over 200 publications to his name, his three most recent books give a sense of why he is so famous as a historian.
Changes in southern African rock art reflect the mixing of groups of people after they came into contact with each other.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
As they negotiate with Mauritius, British leaders are mostly interested in securing guarantees that America’s military interests will not be harmed by a transfer of authority to Port Louis.
As a language of instruction, French has long held a prominent place in Senegal’s institutions and media. But Wolof, the most spoken national language, has regained its lost places.
Is it possible to disentangle the personal attributes of a gentle and kindly woman, from her role as the crowned head of a declining global empire that waged numerous wars? Many don’t think so.
Columbus’s was the last of at least seven discoveries of the Americas.
Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.
Lumumba’s death triggered students and created a generation of activists that pushed for total liberation from exploitation and oppression.
The IPCC’s latest climate report discusses how colonialism has shaped climate, a breakthrough for the climate justice movement.
L'huile de palme est l'une des denrées agricoles les plus disputées du 21ème siècle, mais sa relation avec l’homme remonte à des milliers d'années.
Water rights are beginning to be allocated to Indigenous Australians – but there’s a long way to go to reverse the legal fiction of aqua nullius.
Can a poem tell us more about the past than a history book?
Palm oil is one of the 21st century’s most contentious agricultural commodities, but its relationship with humans goes back thousands of years.
The Kenya that Njonjo sought to create was the ‘greatest living example of democracy, justice and peace’ – but there was no space for the poor.
Attention is on the UK to relinquish its hold on the islands. What’s missing is an acknowledgment of the enduring role of the US in this international crime.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
In the early 1960s, British and American diplomats conspired to establish a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest atoll of the Chagos Archipelago.
New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of the British invaders’ first kidnapping of a First Nations person in Australia. This kidnapping led to a devastating smallpox outbreak.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
-
Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
-
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
-
Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
-
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
-
Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
-
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
-
Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
-
Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
-
Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
-
Professor in International History, Flinders University
-
Emeritus Professor of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
-
