Sports in Africa, Past and Present examines the role played by leisure and professional sports in shaping African life, including resisting colonialism.
Internally displaced persons gather for government briefing in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of violent clashes between rival communities since 2019.
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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.
Medical volunteers have been a common sight in African countries like Zambia since the colonial era.
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The fact that the colonial system was essentially a commercial expedition meant that the outcome was the creation of corporate entities rather than nation states.
SIngapore Grip: the final book in JG Farrell’s Empire Trilogy.
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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?
The results of the Namibian election reflect growing discontent among voters with the way the country is being run.
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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.
Learning in their mother tongue facilitates children’s ability to learn another language.
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In the past few decades, there’s been more critique of global knowledge inequalities and the global North’s dominance.
A French-speaking Canadian volunteer in Haiti part of the volunteer group EDV that helped recovery efforts after the earthquake in early June 2010.
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Christine Lutringer, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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.
The late V.S. Naipaul is a celebrated son of Trinidad and Tobago. But he is also a prodigal son.
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J. Vijay Maharaj, The University of the West Indies: St. Augustine Campus
Author V.S. Naipaul, who died on Aug. 11, both scorned and mirrored his Caribbean origins. At the University of the West Indies, students must reconcile this conflicted titan’s literary legacy.
Zanu-PF supporters at a peace rally in Harare.
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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.
Still from the movie Un rêve français (“A French Dream”) by Christian Faure, which tells the story of a young Guadeloupean couple during a little-known, tragic time of French post-colonial history.
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