Colonialism
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Donald Trump’s offer to buy Greenland from Denmark is a throwback to colonial-era deals
Felicity Jensz, The Conversation
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Why Rudyard Kipling fans can be happy: His works are not just about colonial stereotypes
Sue Walsh, The Conversation
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A British merchant’s journey from Madras to England gives a glimpse into early days of colonialism
Anu Kumar
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British universities are looking into past ties with slavery and colonialism – but to what end?
Steven Greer, The Conversation
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The colonial ‘naked Bushman’ stereotype is wrong – new research shows a complex practice of dressing
Vibeke Maria Viestad, The Conversation
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UN has called out shameful British colonialism by urging it to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Miriam Bak McKenna, The Conversation
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The exoticised images of India by Western photographers have left a dark legacy
Mahima Jain
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South Africa bans advertisement that showed a black man ‘discovering’ Europe in the 17th century
Scroll Staff
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Did Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking ‘Things Fall Apart’ subvert colonial structures – or uphold them?
Sarah Jilani, The Conversation
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Why England should stop whitewashing its colonial past in its school history curriculum
Deana Heath, The Conversation
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If India was the jewel in the British crown, why were so few Britons actually here?
David Gilmour
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The dispute between Britain and Mauritius over Chagos islands traces the long shadow of colonialism
Miriam Bak McKenna, The Conversation
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Currying on: The South Asian diaspora has owned a racial slur and turned it into a potent metaphor
Mridula Nath Chakraborty, The Conversation
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How to transport swords and scabbards from England to India, according to an 18th-century letter
Karen Stapley
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Readers’ comments: ‘Blaming colonialism for the current state of affairs in India is easy’
Scroll
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When an Indian lawyer was sent to Scandinavia to preach the virtues of colonial rule
Ole Birk Laursen
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Embroidered into Meghan Markle’s veil was Britain’s bid to celebrate its bloody colonial history
Aparna Kapadia
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‘Colonial opera’: Were Western cultural imports tools of imperialism?
Adam Mestyan, Aeon
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‘Let no-one grudge...to pay tax’: Why did a Bengali boy sing praises of Income Tax in British India?
Lesley Shapland
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How science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what we can do about it
Rohan Deb Roy, The Conversation