Tag: colonial legacy
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🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago removes Christopher Columbus statue amid reckoning with colonial past
The statue of Christopher Columbus, a controversial fixture in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital for over a century, was finally removed on Wednesday as the Caribbean nation continues to confront its colonial legacy. The decision follows years of activism from citizens and historians who argue that such monuments glorify oppression rather than heritage. The statue, located…
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🇬🇧🇲🇺SPECIAL REPORT: Britain’s ‘Great Experiment’ in Mauritius—A Legacy of Exploitation and Division
When Britain took control of Mauritius from the French in 1810, it would later introduce what it called the “Great Experiment”—the abolition of slavery in 1835. Framed as a moral move to demonstrate the superiority of free labor over slavery, this policy was, in reality, a calculated economic strategy that replaced one form of oppression…
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Unmasking the Strategies Behind Africa’s Poverty and Underdevelopment
Many have wondered why Africa remains poor and underdeveloped decades after the end of colonialism. The answer lies not in a lack of potential, resources, or ambition but in systemic strategies employed by Western powers to maintain control over the continent. These strategies, while less overt than colonial rule, are no less insidious in ensuring…
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