colonial
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This tale of life and aspiration in colonial Trinidad is one of V.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Ghana and England, who also have former colonial ties, will play in Philadelphia on 23 June.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and the British.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
It survived colonial rule, a bloodied partition, the tumult of independence and Delhi's transformation into a sprawling megacity.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“It’s about labor. The good things that were achieved—the railways, for example—but also how labor was exploited and the lengths the colonial enterprise went to.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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