Tag: colonial
Utrecht and Amersfoort commemorate colonial past and slavery
Slavery past Last year, the national Advisory Board Dialogue Group on Slavery History advised the government, among other things, to recognize the role of the Dutch authority in slavery and…
In the hustle and bustle of colonial Kenya, with Ngugi wa Thiong’o (2/2)
” Dreaming in times of war is the French title of the childhood memories of novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Octogenarian, the writer restores in this first volume of…
Belgian King Philippe in Congo: Expression of ‘deep regret’ instead of apology for colonial past
In his speech to the parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian King Philippe reiterated that he “deeply regrets” his country’s colonial past, but did not offer a…
King of Belgium does not apologize to Congolese for colonial atrocities – “Apologies alone are not enough”
Belgium returns to Congo the tooth of national hero Patrice Lumumba – the only remnant of the prime minister who was assassinated and dissolved in acid. 8.6. 17:50 • Updated…
Michèle Rakotoson, remembering the colonial war in Madagascar
Michèle Rakotoson was born in Madagascar. Writer and playwright, she was also a journalist and head of literary events at RFI. In 2012, she was named Commander of Malagasy Arts…
Supreme Court suspends colonial law prosecuting acts of sedition
In India, the Supreme Court suspended, on Wednesday May 11, all prosecutions for an act known as ” sedition ”, a colonial-era law defined by section 124 A of the…
Colonial memories are being cleared from the map of the United States: hundreds of place names denigrating Indian women are put in the trash
In the United States, the name of a mountain, river, and other geographic location on more than 660 federal lands is being changed because the current names contain the word…
Anger in Corsica after the Colonna attack: “They are in a colonial struggle”
A week after the attack in prison, in mainland France, of the Corsican independence activist Yvan Colonna, condemned for the assassination of the prefect Claude Érignac in 1998, the demonstrations…
Nantes explores its colonial past in the exhibition “The abyss”
To bring a new perspective on slavery, for, little by little, ” decolonize his thought “. This is the goal pursued by the Nantes History Museum, in the west of…