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colonialism

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm] / kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əm /
NOUN
manifest destiny
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This is six decades after Kenneth Kaunda - a central figure in the fight against colonialism in Africa - became the country's first president.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 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

The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The peoples of the corn remain connected in spite of the heavy influences of colonialism.

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




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