Dossier 2017/09 postcolonial

Postcolonial realities

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In Mexico, rites of the ancient Aztec culture have blended with Catholicism: participant in a parade on the Day of the Dead, a syncretic religious holiday
Stand point
– by Hans Dembowski

Mechanisms of oppression

Imperialist powers laid the foundations for current misrule in many former colonies
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Colonial crimes
– by Joshua Kwesi Aikins

Historical guilt

Representatives of the Herero people demand reparations from Germany for a genocide committed in colonial times
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Mexico
– by Virginia Mercado

Who are we?

Spain’s colonial rule has left marks on Mexico
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Rule of law
– by Ridwanul Hoque, Arpeeta S. Mizan

Room for improvement

Contemporary Bangladeshi law is still largely colonial in nature as well as spirit
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Results of African division
– by Jonathan Bashi

Difficult legacy

Political and economic, legal and linguistic structures rooting in colonialism impede African unity
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Colonial legacies
– by Hans Dembowski

An era of darkness

Shashi Tharoor refutes the idea that British imperialism was on a civilising mission in India
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Racism
– by Joshua Kwesi Aikins

Laboratories of racist violence

German concentration camps in what is Namibia today were predecessors of the Nazis extermination camps
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Public interest litigation
– by Ridwanul Hoque, Arpeeta S. Mizan

Holding government agencies accountable

In Bangladesh, Public Interest Litigation helps courts to ensure that government officers are not above the law
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Colonial legacy
– by Sabine Balk

CARICOM demands reparations

The basis of the debate for reparations is the “CARICOM Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice”
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Ethnic tensions
– by Paul Kawegah

Roots of violence

In Kenya, ethnic tensions are intertwined with long-standing disputes over land
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