Reclaiming our Black bodies: reflections on a portrait of Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman and the destruction of Black bodies by the state by I. D. Mothoagae

“…In this article, I will argue that the use of violence by the colonial, imperial system against Sarah Baartman (Black people) has its origins in colonialism and slavery. …”
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Applying a decolonization paradigm to planning theory for inclusion and equity by Dane Buttner, Verna Nel, Thulisile Ncamsile Mphambukeli

“…These Northern theories were not feasible for most problems in the Global South, as the continued use of Northern theories maintains the inequalities of disjointed and divided cities caused by colonialism. However, as this approach is inappropriate and inadequate, planning theories require decolonization from the continued focus on the Global North in order to reflect the realities of the South. …”
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Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo by Mathieu Picas

“…I analyze the relocation of the fuego sagrado ceremony into archaeological sites as a counter-power action which suggests the existence of a transnational Maya territory and evokes a cultural resistance against colonialism. This study is particularly interested in the appropriation and adaptation of this ceremony in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in the Guatemalan department of Petén and in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, from the 1990s to the present day.…”
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Eduquer le désir : Foucault, Freud et les sexualités impériales by Ann Stoler

“…In this essay, I am interested in two problems: the ways in which the language of Freud has entrenched itself in the general field of colonial studies, and the tangled coexistence of Freud and Foucault, more specifically, in analyses of colonial racism. …”
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A Compilation of Evaristo Arineitwe’s Published Poetry by Arineitwe, Evaristo

“…This poetry writing is basically informed by the political dilemma that grips the African continent after independence (Neo-colonialism), nostalgia or/and reminiscence, the devastating effects of climate change and life in general. …”
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Recycler les rebuts textiles. Organisation et savoir-faire dans le tri de la fripe à Lomé (Togo) by Sylvie Ayimpam

“…The article highlights a fundamental tension between global narratives that promote circular economies as ecological solutions and the harsh realities of the “dirty work” involved in textile sorting, which exposes socio-economic exploitation and "waste colonialism" dynamics. By situating the case of Lomé within a comparative framework, the article contributes to understanding structural inequalities in the textile recycling sector and challenges the promises of a green economy when faced with the realities of precarious labour.…”
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“Rien pour la révolution, tout par l’éducation”: The Talented Tenth at the Second Pan-African Congress by Emanuele Nidi

“…Notwithstanding its moderate program, colonial powers regarded it as an offshoot of Bolshevik and Garveyite propaganda. …”
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Inji Efflatoun entre le pinceau et la plume : « L’exposition de la révolutionnaire » by Nadine Atallah

“…A study of Efflatoun’s artworks, which denounce the ravages of colonialism on the most disadvantaged segments of the population, particularly rural women, reveals the discursive strategies developed by the artist to disseminate her opinions. …”
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Latin America Region: Between Dependence and Autonomy in Regional Processes by Wendy Vaca Hernández

“…The space called Latin America has a particular history marked by centuries of colonialism and coloniality. The latter concept implies that the basic structure of the colonial system has not changed even though formal independence has been achieved. …”
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Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“…Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. …”
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The Value of African Wisdom: Reflections on Modern Education in Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis

“…It explores the status of African wisdom in the wake of colonialism, painting the hegemonic character of Western knowledge production. …”
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Resistências de povos e comunidades tradicionais ante o Estado e a colonialidade by Josiane Carine Wedig, João Daniel Dorneles Ramos

“… In this article, we discuss how colonialism operated and continues to operate forms of violence against traditional peoples and communities. …”
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Contribuições decolonais e feministas ao debate geográfico sobre corpo e território: mulheres da Terra Indígena Kaxarari e Rio Guaporé e a defesa do corpo-território by Hellen Virginia da Silva Alves

“…It was found that the decolonial and feminist thoughts found valuable sources in both the worldview and the historical resistance of Aboriginal peoples to colonialism and coloniality. These sources contributed to the updating of the geographical concept of territory, which was previously based exclusively on Eurocentric standards. …”
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Casting the George Floyd story in a broader context by Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna

“…The Black race has gone through many dehumanising experiences, including the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and all manner of discrimination. This, in turn, has led to an inferiority complex because, for the most part, we have been defined by others – and not in the most positive of terms to say the least. …”
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Horrible British Histories: Young people in museums interrogating national identity through principles and practices of critical pedagogy by Sadia Habib

“…When working with young people in British museums, creating open and safe spaces for discussing the entanglements of contemporary multicultural identities with the legacies of British colonialism is necessary and long overdue.  By employing the principles and practices of critical pedagogy, heritage organisations can interrogate the dominant narratives about identity and belonging in Britain, and work with young people to highlight shifting, fluid and multiple identities and belongings in contemporary Britain. …”
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D’Alger à Damas, des auteurs en mal d’archives ? by Ines Horchani

“…From Algiers to Damascus, colonization did not have the same effects on post-colonial literary creations. The relationship to the past varied according to the type of colonization (former settler colonialism, former protectorate, or former mandate), according to the time periods (two predominant time periods: the 1980’s and the beginning of the 21stcentury), and according to the personalities and paths of the authors. …”
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Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption, and Narratives of “Progress” by Esther Wright

“…Ultimately, this article explores the tensions between a company that claims to offer games that are both “authentic” and critical of turn-of-the-century US history and culture, yet which implicitly rely on the ideologies that accompany narratives of “progress” and “civilization,” bound up as they are with the Frontier myth, white supremacy, and colonialism.…”
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Values of the Land: Kinships as Climate Solutions in ‘The Honorable Harvest’ and ‘Land as Pedagogy.’ by Abigail Morton-Wilcox

“…Fundamentally, Kimmerer and Simpson reject and oppose the oppressive and exploitative systems at the centre of the climate emergency: settler colonialism and extractive capitalism, whilst simultaneously providing kinships with the living world as ways of mitigating such crises.…”
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READING ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART FROM CÉSAIRE’S PERSPECTIVE ON ANTICOLONIALISM by Yohanes Tuaderu

“…The harassment of human values - what Césaire called "thingification", trampled culture, damaged socio-cultural foundations, destroyed native religions, and confiscated ancestral inherited lands have apparently become the trigger for the struggle against colonialism. Meanwhile, the real way and effort made to fight the arrogance of the colonialists was to strengthen cultural identity and maintain the noble values that had united all tribes. …”
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Contextualising the Regeneration of Africa’s Indigenous Governance and Management Systems and Practices by BC, Basheka

“…Centuries-old indigenous African knowledge regarding the management of societal affairs has been overshadowed by colonialism, neocolonialism, global capitalism and the promotion of Western organisational management/leadership practices. …”
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