Petina Gappah

The painful truth may be that Zimbabwe, the youngest of Africa's former colonies, has simply followed where the continent has led, treading the well-worn path beaten out of the lie that taking power from the colonialists and delivering democracy to the people are one and the same.

Zimbabwean Writer

Uzodinma Iweala

I think the fact that we don't really... that the world really doesn't acknowledge how bad and how detrimental colonialism was; that people don't really try to explore it, you know, in popular media and news articles; that... that it's just kind of glossed over as this thing.

American Author

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.

Dutch Politician

Sukarno

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world.

Indonesian Statesman

Fred Hampton

With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important.

American Activist

Ahmed Ben Bella

It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.

Algerian Politician

Lal Bahadur Shastri

We would consider it our moral duty to lend all support to the ending of colonialism and imperialism so that people everywhere are free to mould their own destiny.

Indian Leader

Imran Khan

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Pakistani Leader

Francis Fukuyama

In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists.

American Economist

Chadwick Boseman

American Actor

Understand it relates to a historical period when countries established overseas dominance for resources.

Historical Context

Be aware 'colonialism' often holds negative connotations due to exploitation and oppression.

Negative Connotations

It's not just Britain; multiple countries partook in colonialism globally.

Geographic Reach

In academics, it's an area of study analyzing past colonial impacts and legacies.

Academic Focus

In literature, it examines how stories and texts reflect colonial attitudes and experiences.

Literary Analysis

Discussions cover a range of themes from identity to power dynamics resulting from colonialism.

Discussion Themes

 work let's bring the military back again and the fourth reason I believe is what I've labeled here on the slide is the ideology of resistance what I mean by that is if the world superpower today was a communist it would be much easier for democracy activists to use democracy activism as a form of resistance against colonialism than it is today with a

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 just understanding what were precontact foods, precolonial foods. And I realized that that term didn't even really make a lot of sense to people. So I think it's really important to go through the storyline because to understand colonial or what is a precolonial food, you have to understand colonialism itself.

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 And the fourth reason, I believe, is what I've labeled here on the slide as the ideology of resistance. What I mean by that is, if the world superpower today was a communist, it would be much easier for democracy activists to use democracy activism as a form of resistance against colonialism,

Maajid Nawaz: A global...

 dealing with uh us colonialism and political history and um just getting active and getting involved and um you know they were community organizing when i was at a young age and i learned a lot from them and uh i just continued on that path i always had a passion for it um and i'm

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 It's not. But it's important to recognize that the kind of emotions that come up when we start to think about these things, can get in the way, can make us pull back, can shut down our ability, and our interest in trying to explore new ideas. Why is this not like colonialism?

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 as shamans and healers in their communities, and it wasn't until the spread of colonialism that they were taught to think otherwise. Now, in researching trans history, we look for both trans people and trans practices. Take, for example, the women who presented as men

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 in the borders left behind by European colonialists. So what can we do to think about borders differently in this part of the world? What lines on the map should we focus on? What I want to present to you is what I call state building, day by day.

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 irrespective of their level of economic or scientific development." We have not truly lived up to this ideal, although people have worked for decades to make this a reality. Forces such as colonialism and racism and gender inequality

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 Was it racism? Was it cultural preservation? Did it have something to do with colonialism? Certainly, we didn't share a lot of the same public spaces with others. These divisions bothered me deeply, and they drove my career choices.

Why people of different...

 so I Tola but you can come to help us you can only come to partner with us I was painfully aware of the legacy of colonialism aware of the permanence of

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