For as long as I can remember, my dad had one goal: to live longer than his dad did. I never met my grandfather — or as we call him in Tamil: Appappa. He died of a heart attack when he was 56: before ...
A new study shows how the legacy of colonialism is still deeply entrenched within scientific practice across the Caribbean archipelago. Rather than solely critiquing these practices, however, the ...
As a 6-year-old school girl, Beverly Roberts waited on a side street in Trinidad, with the rest of her classmates, to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II. "I was excited and I was waving a flag. I ...
The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, the UN Chef de Cabinet, Courtenay Rattray, told the Special Committee on Decolonisation on Friday. Speaking on behalf of ...
Post-colonial is defined as “occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule.” This is not to be confused with the unhyphenated version of the word, “postcolonialism,” which is defined as “the ...
Prior to the first world war, sprawling European empires collectively controlled roughly 80% of Earth’s landmass. Following WWII, that percentage drastically shrank, as colonies and occupied ...
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