Occupy Waikīkī: pushing the borders of land, sea and story-telling in Kristiana Kahakauwila’s This is Paradise (2013) by Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega

“…The beach becomes a place of Native political, environmental and cultural resistance, where American colonialism, ‘militourism’ and Globalising capitalism are being challenged. …”
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Biblical literacy and transnational Mayan liberation movements by Roberto Domingo Toledo

“…In both cases, Christianity primarily impacted marginalised populations suffering the effects of colonialism. The scriptures have helped undermine colonial relationships as well as internal hierarchies within indigenous societies. …”
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‘ In Comes the New Black’: The Ghetto-Rural Black versus Blacksurbian Identities by Nkululeko Motha

“…This should contemplate the effects of colonialism on the urban space and how colonialism influences the formulation of the different Black identities in urban spaces. …”
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THE RACIAL FACTOR AND PAN-AFRICANISM IN NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY by JOHN TOR TSUWA, AFONGU AONDOAKAA IORNUMBE

“…The paper discovered that, Nigeria as a black nation has displayed a great commitment in the liberation struggles waged against slavery, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racist regimes in African continent such as in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia among others. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…While the many efforts to decolonize or dismantle the vestiges of colonialism that remain are laudable, they can also reinforce what they seek to end. …”
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FROM OPTIMISM TO DISAPPOINTMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WEST by E. V. Volgina

“…It is widely known that roots of the actual social and political thought in India go back to the period of colonialism. With the status of one of the most influential thinkers in modern India and attention paid to the legacy of Vivekananda by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his case appears to be of a considerable importance. …”
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Indigenous Perspectives: the Post-Conflict Landscapes of Rwanda by Killian Doherty

“…Much of Rwanda’s conflict can be traced to the relation between human (culture) and non-human (nature) that defined territories and ethnic divisions in pre-colonial Rwanda. These human and non-human relations, exploited by European colonialism, have become increasingly estranged through the influence of Eurocentric forms of architecture, urban and rural planning. …”
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The wilderness wanderings: a theo-liminal pedagogy for mind decolonisation in African Christianity by C. J. Kaunda

“… This article argues that the current economic and political underdevelopment in the majority of African countries is a symptom of a profound metaphysical and intellectual crisis in the African person’s imagination and consciousness, a consequence of conceptual alienation wrought about mind colonialism. The process of decolonisation did not end with geopolitical liberation, but continues as liberation of the African mind and subjectivity. …”
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The Application of Literary Theories in Literary Texts by Sandy Ferianda

“…The application of post-colonialism theory in literary text showed that the post-colonial theorist entered the literary texts or works through a specific critical lens, or a specific way of reading them. …”
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Polyphonies coloniales by Caroline Déodat

“…As an integral part of the post-colonial national and heritage narrative of Mauritius, the Mauritian Sega is also part of another history, which is to be found in colonial narrative, but rather in an oral literature, in which the ability of performers of Sega to destabilize an essentialist conception of Mauritian creolity can still be heard. …”
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« But in that room, in that presence, I was invertebrate » : la peur de l’autre dans The Beetle de Richard Marsh by Catherine Lanone

“…Although it has almost sunk into oblivion, The Beetle may have been deemed powerful in its time because it displays all the archetypal fears haunting the nineteen-nineties, from degeneracy to mesmerism, reverse colonialism or the New Woman. It creates scenes of utmost terror which are extremely effective, however badly written the novel may be in parts. …”
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Interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative in the African context by M. Rathbone

“…These unique questions relate to the cultures of African people, the injustice of colonialism, apartheid and so forth. The problem is that some of these new perspectives are influenced by rationalism that may result in reductionist interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative. …”
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La revendication bretonne dans la littérature du IIIe Emsav : une inversion des valeurs by Tristan Loarer

“…By naming and fighting against the internal colonialism in progress in Brittany, this production known as the Kleiz ha Breizh/Left and Brittany wave, seems to have played an important role in the history of modern Brittany.…”
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On the Border in Northern Mauritania by Mark Drury

“…Historical examples trace a shift from a relatively permeable frontier zone during colonialism to an increasingly fixed border during decolonization. …”
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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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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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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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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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