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Edward Said’s seminal 1978 book, Orientalism, explores how often racist or romanticised stereotypes create a worldview that justifies Western colonialism and imperialism.
Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.
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.
The new novel by Nigerian icon Wole Soyinka is at once satire, political thriller and tragedy. It is the work of a great writer that marks the destruction of postcolonial reason.
Gurnah won the prize for his “uncompromising and compassionate” look at the “effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugees”.
Because ethnic territories are a major source of political friction and persecution in the world, it’s important to investigate how they are created and used in conflicts.
In a surprising twist, Frozen 2 tackles the complicated issue of warped colonial narratives and the case for repatriation. A worthy feat, but how well does Disney pull it off?
For the first time since independence, Namibia’s ruling party has suffered electoral setbacks in the midst of economic and political crisis.
A film about Cape Town’s environmental resources features a cast as diverse as breakdancers and wetland activists - and is being used as a study aid globally.
Scholars such as Alfred Sauvy, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Frantz Fanon wrote in French, but their work greatly contributed to our understanding of democracy and social change in all contexts.
Whether being called ‘curry munchers’ or pigeonholed as authorities on a dish largely invented by the British, diasporic South Asians are emulsified in a deep pool of curry.
Great Britain was not the only country behaving badly with its Caribbean population: France also experienced similar waves of post-war migration.
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Monash Intercultural Lab and National Convenor of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Monash University
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Professor of Modern Literature, University of York
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Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban History, Texas Tech University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Early-career researcher (Francophone studies) & English tutor, Université de Montpellier
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Senior Researcher and Executive Director, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Professor, Indigenous Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Postcolonial Literature, Leeds Beckett University
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Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre, King's College London
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Associate Professor in Nursing (mental health), University of Notre Dame Australia
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