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Philippine Canadian Inquirer Why some Indians want to change the country’s name to ‘Bharat’ News

It's already what hundreds of millions of Indians call their country.

Soon after many countries of Africa became free from direct colonial rule, it was noticed that distorted patterns of trade allied to big business growth were

Gerry Chidiac • Will our future relationship with Africa be based on continued pillage or partnership? What we decide could decide whether our future

At the 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi, host India referred to itself as Bharat. Both that name and India have roots in the ancient Sanskrit tongue, so why might one be favoured over the other? History.

Military juntas have been seizing control of France’s former colonies, and it could be just as consequential as the Arab Spring – with all the chaos that entails

France is the devil, and all the unrest taking place is because of France. Ask me why? African Countries Still Pay Over $500 Billion as Colonial Tax to France Each Year When Sekou Toure of Guinea Conakry triggered the abandonment of France (Independence), the French government ordered home three thousand…

An insult defining the USSR as “Upper Volta with missiles” has been widely used since the 1980s.

Nothing should stop us from having a proper name for our beloved country, to replace its geographical nomenclature that we are still using.

Western colonialism, a political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, and it was primarily driven by Portugal, Spain, the Dutch Republic, France, and England.