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Remember the Rohingya
Rohingya Muslims, who have long been denied Burmese citizenship and identity, are no closer to seeing a new age of justice. Having been...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Has the Erstwhile African Dream Awoken? The Fall of Socialist Economic Policy in Post-Independence T
“How do we sum up the expectations that the peoples of Africa had on the eve of independence, or evaluate what has happened to those...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read


The World’s Suicide Capital: Colonialism’s Impact on Greenland’s Mental Health Crisis
Tasiilaq is a sleepy town of 2,017 located on Greenland’s eastern coast. The town is dotted with colorful homes, small businesses, a...
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Dec 10, 20224 min read


The Case for an African American Repatriation Act
On October 11, 2022, The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum returned its long-contested Benin Bronze Heads to Nigeria. The RISD...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read


The Death of The Queen and the Legacy of the British Empire
When Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, the world seemed to come to a brief but crashing halt. While many leaders from across...
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Nov 22, 20224 min read


How to Amend the Colonial Expedition for Magic Mushrooms
The historic tale of conquistador Hernán Cortes’s encounter with Aztec emperor Moctezuma is one often shared to recount the origins of...
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May 4, 20225 min read


Sovereignty in Motion: An Interview with Uahikea Maile
Uahikea Maile is a Kanaka Maoli scholar and activist from Maunawili, O‘ahu. Maile’s research focuses on Hawaiian sovereignty, Indigenous...
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May 7, 202113 min read


A Museum for Everybody: An Interview with Dr. Porchia Moore
Dr. Porchia Moore is Department Head and Assistant Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Florida in the School of Art + Art...
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Apr 4, 202112 min read


Cadbury, Cocoa, and Colonialism in West Africa
Before his chance encounter with a Dutch reporter in 2014, Ivorian cocoa farmer N’Da Alphonse was unaware of the fate of the beans he...
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Jan 4, 20213 min read


Neo-colonialism Fuels Your Car
Since Colonial times, oil and connected international corporations have had a major influence over the nations of Nigeria and Equatorial...
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Apr 18, 20197 min read


The Politics of Crocodile Attacks in Mozambique
In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities,...
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Jun 26, 20186 min read


Linguistic Life Support: What Governments Should Do About Dying Languages
If, like Ludwig Wittgenstein, you believe that “the limits of my language are the limits of my world,” then your world is getting...
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Dec 14, 20176 min read


Imperialist Complex(ion)
Beauty standards, as promoters of mass consumerism and objectification, universally tend to be harmful. Add problematic racial dynamics,...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read


The Linguistic Colonialism of English
Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of...
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Apr 25, 20174 min read


Mossadegh Revisited
On August 19, 1953, tragedy struck Tehran, Iran’s capital city. Democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown...
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Nov 28, 20168 min read


Midnight Train to Addis Ababa
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...
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May 2, 201612 min read


Unfair and Lovely: The No Filter Approach to Natural Skin Color
One hashtag, three words: #unfairandlovely. Although the phrase seems minimal, the “Unfair and Lovely” campaign, started by University of...
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Apr 14, 20165 min read


Les Femmes du Maroc: Lalla Essaydi’s Feminist Response to Colonial Art
Lalla Essaydi’s photographic art depicting Arab women emerges from a simple yet powerful idea for the image: women, their clothing, their...
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May 30, 20154 min read


Forty Years Forgotten in the Western Sahara
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There...
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Mar 20, 20155 min read


Rejecting Colonial Justification: Puerto Rico and the Insular Cases
Last week, Harvard Law School hosted a conference titled Reconsidering the Insular Cases, focusing on the controversial Supreme Court...
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Feb 24, 20145 min read
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