colonialism
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Nothing about the very obvious messages here—about colonialism, religious fanaticism, institutionalized violence and the exploitation of native peoples—amounts to a news flash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
"The most important thing we can do for countries that have been marked by colonialism is to help them now."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Widely considered East Africa’s leading novelist and one of the continent’s most articulate social critics, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o examined the enduring traumatic effects of colonialism on both individuals and the national psyche.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Unlike so many other African states, it had fought colonialism at every turn.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Human Geography - Middle School
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