Tag: colonialism
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The impact of colonial history on modern geopolitics
Colonialism has officially ended. Yet its structures remain deeply embedded in the global system. In fact, the modern world order still runs on the mechanisms built by European empires. Colonial history does not sit in museums; instead, it lives in borders, currencies, alliances, and crises. It continues to shape how nations trade, borrow, vote, fight,…
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Colonialism and religion: Criticism
Colonialism was one of the most brutal and exploitative systems in human history. It stripped entire continents of their resources, destroyed cultures. And subjugated millions for the economic and political gain of a few imperial powers. At its core, colonialism was not about civilization but domination—violent, systematic, and unapologetic. It imposed foreign values, dismantled indigenous…
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Different nationalities, different races, different languages, different religions. Why not to kill each other?
Post-colonial Africa suffers from artificial borders that their occupiers made without regard to ethnicity, religion, or nationality. This really didn’t reduce all the violence. But genocides, wars and ethnic cleansing are not just African specialties. People speak different languages, are of different nationalities, different races, and their religions also differ. So why not to kill…