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Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dynamic, and prosperous, whole and not mutilated; that it would have been better to let them develop and fulfil themselves than to present for our admiration, duly labeled, their dead and scattered parts; that anyway, the museum by itself is nothing; that it means nothing, vanity. can say nothing, when smug self-satisfaction rots the eyes, when a secret contempt for others withers the he

Decades after independence, the Philippines lacks the kind of factory economy that has lifted up other Asian nations, tying millions to farm work. ‘There’s No…

Kew Gardens should return plants taken from former British colonies during the days of the Empire, a botanist has claimed.

The 2011 Egyptian comedy ‘X-Large’ stars Ahmed Helmy in the role of Magdy, an obese cartoonist whose half-hearted attempts at dieting are each cut short by his own gluttony and low self-worth. Eventually, the death of a loved one, coupled with a traumatic breakup, push Magdy to take drastic steps towards losing weight. In the

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<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Peter DeGabriele, author of <em>Drone Enlightenment: The Colonial Roots of Remote Warfare</e

Broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga OBE is to be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards.

Sustainability means living as nature lives. It means no depletion of the elements of the ecosystem humans have been treating as economic resources, and no waste. What we pursue is up that tree.

German Redress for Namibia Genocide Spurs Colonial-Era Reckoning Kaula Nhongo and Mike Cohen, Bloomberg News Heiko Maas, Germanys foreign affairs minister, arrives on day two of the G-7 foreign and development ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, U.K., on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is hosting the meeting through May 5. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Germany’s admission that a colonial-era mass...

Canadian Guards Beat a Prisoner to Death Four Years Ago. Now They Have Impunity. A small group of family and friends of Soleiman Faqiri hold a vigil at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada, on February 8, 2017. Rick Madonik / Toronto Star via Getty Images By December 15 marks yet another anniversary in the calendar of carceral violence: the killing of Soleiman Faqiri, who was beaten to death by guards in an Ontario solitary confinement cell in 2016. This August — almost four years later...