On 24 April 1950, 29 members of Dini ya Msambwa, an anti-colonial religion, were killed by British forces. The UK government refuses to acknowledge this massacre.
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Repatriation of looted African art is no longer a marginalised topic, but reaps few rewards.
Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
Like many other institutions, Scouts is caught in an awkward gap between tradition and modernity, as society grapples with colonial figures who were heroes to some, but not others.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
The Pope’s apology could mark a new way forward if the Catholic Church makes genuine reparations for the evils it perpetrated.
The Debney Peace, negotiated over a 5-day ceremony on Mithaka Country, is nationally significant to 21st century Australia.
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Director, First Peoples Studies Program, Associate Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University
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Sessional Academic, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Associate professor, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
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Senior Research Associate in African Politics, Newcastle University