colonialism
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Britain’s fixation with Suez Canal was as much about controlling Egypt as it was about global trade
Jonathan Parry, The Conversation
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A hundred years ago, a fiery speech in Uttarakhand escalated the protests against forced labour
Shekhar Pathak
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What swaraj meant to Gandhi – and why the government wants to bury that vision of freedom
Apoorvanand
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In a 19th-century Burmese album, a story of revenge, a failed coup and a long-forgotten prince
Craig Campbell
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In these Bhojpuri folk songs, forgotten tales of Indian indentured workers in British colonies
Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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In the 1820s, a British movement to quit sugar accelerated the end of slavery in the West Indies
Tom Zoellner, The Conversation
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The mystery of an East India Company ship that was in two places at the same time
Matt Griffin
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How Seringapatam inspired the name of an English official’s family for 260 years
Karen Stapley
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Sounds of resistance: How the radio fuelled the revolution in colonial Angola
Marissa J Moorman, The Conversation
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‘Robinson Crusoe’ 300 years on: Daniel Defoe’s unreliable narrative set up enduring colonial myths
Daniel Cook, The Conversation
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William Dalrymple's new book shows corporate violence began in India with the East India Company
William Dalrymple
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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