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
"You're selling back the access to the people," he says, adding that he believes this takes the country back to a kind of "colonial logic".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Franklin’s ancestors may have emigrated from Europe to escape oppressive rules, but colonial societies were still vastly more coercive and class- ridden than indigenous villages.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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