Colonialism

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January 19, 2023
The Berlin museum authority said Wednesday that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former German…
September 11, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in 1952. In the British Empire’s former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger.
July 2, 2022
Governments and museums have increasingly sought to resolve ownership disputes over objects that were looted during colonial times.
June 16, 2022
The Washington, D.C.-based college will continue to use Colonials until a new mascot label is introduced in its 2023-2024 school…
March 23, 2022
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Prince William and Kate on Wednesday that the British commonwealth intends to become independent.
February 6, 2022
Awkwafina has left Twitter after addressing critics who said she has avoided accountability for appropriating AAVE throughout her career.
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December 3, 2021
The punishment of Africa for identifying a variant, rather than praising it for its contributions is reflects a long history…
October 17, 2021
One of the pieces of artwork known as the Benin bronzes will be returned to Nigeria after being stolen years…
October 10, 2021
Christopher Columbus committed atrocities against Native Americas. Some believe that he should no longer have a holiday named after him.
October 9, 2021
French president Emmanuel Macron says the country will return 26 pieces of African art to Benin to try to right…
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November 19, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI have inaugurated Morocco's first high-speed rail line, the first ever such…
April 16, 2016
Last year, Jamaica decriminalized marijuana, and this year, they’re taking another step forward and making it completely legal. However, what’s
October 12, 2015
With Columbus Day once again upon us, America must ask the question, what are we actually celebrating here?
September 3, 2015
Taylor Swift's latest music video, this one for her song "Wildest Dreams" is making waves ... but maybe not in…
June 6, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude,…
October 2, 2012
LONDON - It is a court case that could reverberate round the world: Three elderly Kenyans are suing the U.K.…
November 28, 2011
PARIS (AP) - Curator Lilian Thuram, former football star and now anti-racism advocate, says in an AP interview that the…
September 30, 2011
BERLIN (AP) - Namibian tribal leaders took possession Friday of the skulls of 20 of their countrymen, taken by German…
September 16, 2011
AMSTERDAM (AP) - The "Golden Carriage" was given to Queen Wilhelmina from the people of Amsterdam as a gift in…
August 23, 2011
OPINION - Gadhafi must now face a reality Africans have been clamoring about for the past fifteen years: that he…