The white saviour mentality was used to justify the slave trade, as well as the countless Western nations that colonised vast areas of Africa, Asia, and South America for many centuries. Mashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news....
Page 38: When citizens of Europe own the land and the mines of Africa, this is the most direct way of sucking the African continent. Under colonialism the ownership was complete and backed by military domination. Today, in many African countries the foreign ownership is still present, although...
Many of the Southeast Asian economies are former British colonies and Studwell talks of how the British empire was successful at marshalling structures in the region, and the long-term impact has been disastrous on many countries. “The British empire in particular because it was so efficiently a...
Effortless travel in Spanish-speaking countries is just one benefit, but well worth the effort I put in all those years ago. What else in the world could be open to you if you learn to speak Spanish? How many people speak Spanish in the world? Where do they all live? Let’s find ...
I say remarkable because inhabiting the land of a nation which once colonised your own is no small feat. As Maureen Grundy wrote in her essay "Colonization and Christianity in Zimbabwe": "Colonization of a land, of a people, brings with it many losses that are difficult, perhaps impossible,...
The livelihoods of indigenous peoples, custodians of the world’s forests since time immemorial, were eroded as colonial powers claimedde jurecontrol over their ancestral lands. The continuation of European land regimes in Africa and Asia meant that the withdrawal of colonial powers did not bring ab...