It’s hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language.
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Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
Students need to be taught about colonialism’s dark past.
The politics of curry
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Whether being called 'curry munchers' or pigeonholed as authorities on a dish largely invented by the British, diasporic South Asians are emulsified in a deep pool of curry.
The UK is increasingly isolated in its claim to the Chagos Islands. If an international court finds in Mauritius’s favour, the implications could be huge.
As they shook off a particularly unpleasant colonial hangover, the justices of India’s Supreme Court issued a remarkably emotional set of judgments.
The $444 million awarded to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has been criticised as a politically calculated move. But governments have been asking what the reef can do for them ever since colonial times.
Lots of things have happened in a century, but poverty has proven persistently hard to treat.
Whether being called ‘curry munchers’ or pigeonholed as authorities on a dish largely invented by the British, diasporic South Asians are emulsified in a deep pool of curry.
When the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury Docks 70 years ago, it was on a return journey – having taken West Indian war veterans back to the Caribbean.
Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.
Why the Commonwealth trade advantage isn’t all that strong.
The story of Britain’s favourite tropical fruit (and how it came to dominate the world).
The Commonwealth Games do not get the same level of media coverage as the Olympics. But a one-time Commonwealth gold medallist says the Games are still an important athletic competition.
As the Commonwealth Games get underway on the Gold Coast, what actually is the Commonwealth and is it still relevant?
A damning inquiry has revealed the extent of the abuse suffered by British children sent abroad between 1920 and 1970. But it skirts around Aboriginal cultural genocide.
Without a clear full stop there can be no certainty that the unravelling of the British Empire has ended even now.
More than 100 historic expeditionary and travel films have been digitised recently by the Royal Geographical Society and the British Film Institute.
We are so accustomed to hearing about American exceptionalism that British exceptionalism is rarely discussed.
Some say Britain should be proud of its imperial past. Oxford academics say it’s not so simple.
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Historical Geography, University of Sussex
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Assistant Professor of History, Thompson Rivers University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication, University of Liverpool
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
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Senior Lecturer, History, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer, Literary and Cultural Studies, Monash University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies, University of Manchester