Monday 9 March 2026
Colonialism
Culture
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David Elstein’s attack on David Olusoga’s docuseries on the legacy of the British empire reveals less about historical error than about the enduring impulse to rehabilitate British colonial rule.…
David Elstein’s attack on David Olusoga’s docuseries on the legacy of the British empire reveals less about historical error than about the enduring impulse to rehabilitate British colonial rule.…
Culture
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From colonial discipline to chosen expression, Sali Ali delves into how dress became a site where African bodies reclaim meaning, history, and agency.…
From colonial discipline to chosen expression, Sali Ali delves into how dress became a site where African bodies reclaim meaning, history, and agency.…
Interviews
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A Chadian novelist reflects on language, history, and the afterlives of colonialism, tracing how storytelling can reclaim memory across borders.…
A Chadian novelist reflects on language, history, and the afterlives of colonialism, tracing how storytelling can reclaim memory across borders.…
Interviews
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Framed as a monument to coexistence, the Mogadishu Cathedral drew its form from Sicily’s medieval past. Through her research, Claire Dillon reveals how this architecture of “tolerance” masked the deep fractures of colonial ambition.…
Framed as a monument to coexistence, the Mogadishu Cathedral drew its form from Sicily’s medieval past. Through her research, Claire Dillon reveals how this architecture of “tolerance” masked the deep fractures of colonial ambition.…
Interviews
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Zimbabwean author and film maker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, talks about writing, the narrowness of African political space and how films work to construct all of us in certain ways. …
Zimbabwean author and film maker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, talks about writing, the narrowness of African political space and how films work to construct all of us in certain ways. …
Interviews
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The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record—and help us remember differently.…
The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record—and help us remember differently.…
Analysis
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The legacy of France’s colonial violence in the Indian Ocean is one stone that contemporary mainstream media tends to leave unturned.…
The legacy of France’s colonial violence in the Indian Ocean is one stone that contemporary mainstream media tends to leave unturned.…
Thoughts
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Late Ottoman newspapers and magazines covered the colonial wars in Somalia, reflecting a growing interest in the country’s fate.…
Late Ottoman newspapers and magazines covered the colonial wars in Somalia, reflecting a growing interest in the country’s fate.…
Thoughts
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In 1980, Somali scholar and anti-imperialist psychiatrist Hussein Bulhan wrote a paper on the colonial partitioning of the Horn of Africa and its effects on the Somali psyche. He ambitiously attempted to sketch out its impact on the Somali mind and culture.…
In 1980, Somali scholar and anti-imperialist psychiatrist Hussein Bulhan wrote a paper on the colonial partitioning of the Horn of Africa and its effects on the Somali psyche. He ambitiously attempted to sketch out its impact on the Somali mind and culture.…
Interviews
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In 1973, Josie Fanon interviewed then-ANC president Oliver Tambo about Israel and apartheid South Africa. Originally printed in French, it is now available in English for the first time.
In July 2021, the chair of the African Union Commission granted observer status to Israel.…
In 1973, Josie Fanon interviewed then-ANC president Oliver Tambo about Israel and apartheid South Africa. Originally printed in French, it is now available in English for the first time.
In July 2021, the chair of the African Union Commission granted observer status to Israel.…
