colonialism

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The document also included proposals addressing wealth and income quality, racisim and colonialism in Canada.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Mamdani's father is Mahmood Mamdani, a political science professor who has written several books about colonialism.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

As a young adult in the US, she immersed herself in books on the history of Africa before colonialism, particularly West Africa.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Time stretches punishingly throughout this masterful “Magellan,” foregrounding the painful legacy of colonialism and prioritizing a raw splendor that can never truly be conquered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Modern Indigenous nations and communities are societies shaped by their resistance to colonialism.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz