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21 Jan 2022 5 minute read

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How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine

Jason Hickel shines a different light on a catastrophe that killed three million Indians.

Yinka Shonibare sits in a wheelchair smiling

21 Dec 2021 4 minute read

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Spotlight: Yinka Shonibare

The acclaimed – and playful – sculptor Yinka Shonibare impresses on Subi Shah his love for...

8 Mar 2019 4 minute read

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Watch: why did the British Army kill a one-legged man?

As the UK hopes to open new military bases in the Caribbean, Phil Miller investigates the killing of a man by the British...

9 Nov 2018 4 minute read

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Remembrance must include Britain’s colonial legacy

Anu Shukla reports from Smethwick, where a statue has been unveiled that commemorates the...

Herero who survived the genocide after escaping through the Omaheke desert. Photo from the Galerie Bassenge via Wikimedia Commons.

1 Aug 2018 6 minute read

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Namibia’s long fight for justice

Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma...

1 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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A word with Nitin Sawhney

The British-Indian musician on colonialism, music and being ‘someone who gives a shit’. By Subi Shah.

18 Aug 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Climate change and colonial history make a toxic combination

Without proper context, the new research can be mis-read to be against ethnic diversity, writes Alex Randall...

3 Feb 2015 3 minute read

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Ministers must answer to Nigerian land-grab investments

UK aid is funding a ‘new wave of colonialism’ as Africa is carved up by big business, writes Chris Walker.

10 Sep 2014 3 minute read

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The Western way isn’t always the best way

Development – when forced onto poor countries – is a dangerous concept, argues Amit Singh.

1 Jun 2014 5 minute read

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Welcome to Kaurna country

In the Adelaide plains, one Aboriginal language is enjoying an unlikely revival, explains Katrina Power.

24 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

The wrong kind of solidarity

If you erase power and class, you are left with a cosmopolitan elite lecturing on ‘global society’ to people suffering poverty...

4 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

When insensitivity is the norm

Mari Marcel Thekaekara deplores government-sanctioned attitudes towards indigenous peoples.

Aimé Césaire: a leader of the (cultural) struggle

19 Jun 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Aimé Césaire: a leader of the (cultural) struggle

Philip Crispin celebrates the centenary of the Martinican poet, playwright and politician who showed that...

Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

7 Feb 2013 4 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

Chloe Ferguson reports from an East London ‘teach-in’ on the relationship between the Canadian...

Britain must compensate all Mau Mau veterans

8 Oct 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Britain must compensate all Mau Mau veterans

With his elderly teacher in mind, Maina Waruru urges Britain to settle with surviving Kenyan fighters quickly...

2 Jan 2006 11 minute read

This article is more than 17 years old.

Empire Left & Right

The idea of empire has certainly made a comeback at both ends of the political spectrum. *Richard Swift* guides us through the...

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