Tag: colonial
Britain hands over colonial islands
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Chagossiers have demanded to be allowed to return to their home islands, here at a demonstration in London in 2008. File photo. Photo: Matt Dunham/AP/TT…
African Rome #01: Among the Ghosts of the Italian Colonial Empire
A journey through the eternal city in the footsteps of a colonial history that is visible everywhere but has long remained silent. Just after its unification, at the end of…
In the hustle and bustle of colonial Kenya, with Ngugi wa Thiong’o (2/2)
Dreaming in war is the French title of the childhood memories of the novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Octogenarian, the writer restores in this first volume of his Memoirs…
Germany apologizes for colonial past
Share the article Save the article fullscreen German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Archive image. Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP/TT German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has issued an official apology and expressed his shame over…
Confrontational book: Utrecht scientists were part of the colonial system
It has been no secret that Utrecht University has benefited from the exploitation of colonies. Yet the mirror that historian and former employee Henk van Rinsum now holds up to…
Colonial History revisited, with Congolese Wilfried N’Sondé
Return to the kingdom of Kongo with the new opus by Wilfried N’Sondé. At the heart of this historical novel, the saga of a queen-prophetess who really lived and rose…
the government wants to abolish colonial laws, the opposition fears even more authoritarianism
In India, it is a reform presented as ” historical by the Minister of the Interior. Parliament is preparing to abolish many laws inherited from the British Penal Code and…
“Russia practices colonial policy even within its borders” – Danhajaa Hovalyg opened the eyes of the minority and had to flee
Danhajaa Hovalyg Russia belongs to a minority nation called the Tuvans. He is an activist, author and host of the Republic Speaks podcast, which opposes Russia’s war in Ukraine. He…
Holland begins to return valuables looted during the colonial period
Indonesia and Sri Lanka recover valuables seized by Dutch soldiers. The so-called Lombok treasure will be among the first to be returned to Indonesia. Europe’s former colonial masters are going…
Revisiting the darkness of colonial Mozambique, with Portuguese-speaking Mia Couto
A great name in contemporary African Portuguese letters, Mia Couto writes for ” teach readers to dream “. Journalist, poet, novelist, columnist, storyteller, he is the author of a sumptuous…