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Frantz Fanon sitting at a table during a press conference
Arts, Culture & Media
New book explores the life of psychiatrist and writer Frantz Fanon
Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of Patrice Lumumba, speaks during a ceremony to return the remains of her father to the family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels
Justice
Return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains to DR Congo gives ‘peace of mind,’ UN envoy says
Zanzibar-born, British-based novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah poses for a photo at his home in Canterbury, England, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.
Books
Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah brings dignity to stories of colonial dispossession, colleague says
Benin Bronzes on exhibit at the British Museum.
Arts
Germany plans to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Will other countries follow suit?
An artist rendering of European soldiers disembarking from ships being greeted by two Indigenous men
European colonization of the Americas killed 10 percent of world population and caused global cooling
Three women on stage gesticulating, one with blackface pounding her chest
Arts, Culture & Media
A Miami theater group has a change of heart over blackface
Magazine cover with photo of woman in black and white
Justice
Five things to consider if you are reading ‘My Family’s Slave’
Conflict
Why does America have a ‘special’ relationship with Liberia?
Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony shows the Chinese flag flying after the Union flag was lowered on July 1, 1997.
Global Politics
Hong Kong still holds powerful symbolic meaning for China
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.
Sports
At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.
Sports
At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it
Conflict & Justice
Should Caribbean nations be compensated for the legacy of slavery?
Rose and Alfrits Monintja outside of their home in the New York City borough of Queens. The Monintjas are originally from the village of Sonder in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are among an estimated 100,000 people who speak the disappearing language Ton
Arts, Culture & Media
When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back
Arts, Culture & Media
Angola’s Waldemar Bastos and Classics of My Soul
Arts, Culture & Media
Sugar In The Blood: Andrea Stuart’s Barbadian Legacy
Arts, Culture & Media
Revealed: Guilty Secrets of the End of British Empire
Arts, Culture & Media
African Queen
Preventing Food Colonies
Marianas National Marine Monument
Almanac: Crop Over Festival
Native Virus
Geo Quiz
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit
Environment
Underdeveloped Countries and Outsourced Agriculture