Posted on 24 June 2011. Tags: Colonialism, Julius Silver, Politics, Robert J.C. Young, Rumina Sethi, postcolonialism, third world

A strong argument for returning the focus of postcolonial studies to its roots as a tool for political activism among people of the third world.
The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance
Rumina Sethi
Released July 4th 2011
PB / £ 17.99 / 9780745323633 / 215mm x 135mm / 192 pp
Rumina Sethi challenges postcolonial critics to put their ...
Posted in Africa, Books, Caribbean, Colonialism, Community, Education, Europe, Men, Military, Politics, Racism, Students, The Americas, Women
Posted on 29 April 2011. Tags: Africa, Africans, Aid, Colonialism, asian Markets, chinese aid, poverty

Dambisa Moyo is a Zambian-born economist who says aid is killing Africa.
In her new book, Dead Aid, she argues that official aid is easy money that fosters corruption and distorts economies, creating a culture of dependency and economic laziness.
Moyo argues that aid bad for Africa, and for Africans. In her opinion Aid keeps Africa and ...
Posted in Africa, Black History, Colonialism
Posted on 14 January 2010. Tags: Boer War, British Army, Burgher levies, Cape Mounted Rifles, Colonialism, Colonies, Fingoe, Iqqiibiga, Kaffirland, Kaffirs, Keiskamma River, Kraals, South Africa, Stocks county, War, Xhosa, Zulu Wars, kaffir land

London Illustrated News - June 21, 1851 We have been favoured with the following intelligence, and the accompanying sketch, by an Officer serving in Kaffirland: - Camp, Fort White, April 20th, 1851. " As I have an opportunity of writing, which may not soon occur again, and as you no doubt wish to know how ...
Posted in Africa, Education, Media, Men, Military, War
Posted on 29 May 2009. Tags: Africa, Colonialism

The second scramble for Africa starts
By Julio Godoy
Updated May 5, 2009 - 3:45:49 PM
The second scramble for Africa starts
BERLIN (IPS) - Sub-Saharan African countries have of late become the target of a new form of investment that is strongly reminiscent of colonialism: investors from both industrialized and emerging economies buy or lease large tracts of ...
Posted in Africa