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Post Colonialism

White Hindu Converts: Mimicry Or Mockery?

Deepak Sarma | Posted 01.14.2013 | Religion
Read More: Whites, Hindu Conversion, Hindu, Religion, Hinduism, Diaspora Hindus, Christian Privilege, Post-Colonialism, Hindu Diaspora, Conversion, Religion News
Deepak Sarma

Of course there are always a plethora of pleasant anecdotes that Diaspora Hindus welcomed White Hindu Converts in their temples and homes. But is this welcome sincere?

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PHOTOS: Mozambique's Forgotten Island

Anne E. Collins | Posted 01.14.2013 | Travel
Read More: Islands, Unesco, Africa, Architecture, Mozambique, Post-Colonialism, Slidepollajax, Mozambique Travel, Africa Travel, Travel News
Anne E. Collins

The night we arrived the waves were crashing onto the street and the next morning that same shoreline stretched out to sea for a kilometer, revealing incredible tide pools. Neon coral, clown fish, eels, starfish and sea urchins showedthemselves in just a few inches of water.

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Storytelling

Hayden Bixby | Posted 05.12.2012 | Impact
Read More: Orphanage, Africa, International Development, Kony 2012, Storytelling, Invisible Children, Post-Colonialism, Impact News
Hayden Bixby

The key concern for me was whether and how it was possible to tell what is essentially someone else's story in a way that provides meaningful advocacy.

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Africans, Is it Time to Question 400 Years of Colonialism and 50 Years of Aid?

Atim Oton | Posted 01.24.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Black Voices, Colonialism, Africans, Africa, The Scramble for Africa, Nigeria, Post-Colonialism, Rwanda, Black Voices News
Atim Oton

Africa is still a child and needs to grow up. But it's growth has to be on its own terms. It is time for Africa to re-evaluate its 400 years of colonialism and the last 50 years of aid. Each has changed the continent in some many ways.

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Real India: Ashis Nandy's post-colonial "intimate enemies" (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: India, Ashis Nandy, Post-Colonialism, Radio Conversation, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, World News
Christopher Lydon

NEW DELHI -- Ashis Nandy has a big idea about "loss and recovery" in the history of colonialism. The bumpersticker version is that the conquerors and...

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The Trouble With Travel Writing

Zachary Stockill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Orientalism, Developing World, Travel, Post-Colonialism, Christopher Columbus, Facebook, Eat, Pray, Love, Travel News
Zachary Stockill

The more of the world one experiences the more it is made abundantly clear that no matter where one travels, the human experience is one of remarkable uniformity.

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Truth in Fiction: Echoes of Haiti in Channer's Golden Shoes

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Colin Channer, The Girl With the Golden Shoes, Haiti, Literature, Caribbean, Jamaica, Post-Colonialism, Save the Children, Haiti Earthquake, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

What moved me to tears in this second reading of Colin Channer's The Girl with the Golden Shoes was how the fate of Estrella mirrors the fate of Haiti.

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Even Bigger than The Hype: Obama's Candidacy as World-Historical

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Reverend Wright and Racism, Colonialism, John McCain, Mccain, Grassroots, 2008 Recession, Obama, Immigration, Diplomacy, Post-Colonialism, Equal Opportunity, Recession, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, McCain Iraq, Obama Diplomacy, Nelson Mandela, John McCain 2008, Benazir Bhutto, Economic Recession, Obama 2008, Racism, Discrimination, Middle East Diplomacy, McCain 2008, History, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

But even though racial inequities persist, there is no doubt that the first black President will be a milestone, a watershed seemingly unthinkable before Obama's meteoric candidacy.

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