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A Caribbean Present Steeped in a Colonial Past

Avatar photo by Zoe Samudzi July 29, 2019July 29, 2019

In Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox, ten artists explore the implications of colonialism’s violent legacy.

Posted inArt

One Museum’s Complicated Attempt to Repatriate a “Benin Bronze”

Avatar photo by Laura Raicovich June 24, 2019August 30, 2019

The RISD Museum has held this Benin bronze head in its collection for 80 years. “No one would have given it up unless under duress,” the curators say. But tracing its provenance and repatriating it is no simple matter.

Posted inFilm

A Cuban Filmmaker’s Brutal Satire of Religion and Colonialism

Avatar photo by Nadine Smith June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s The Last Supper plays as part of Film Forum’s ongoing series The Hour of Liberation: Decolonizing Cinema, 1966-1981, which presents both classic and overlooked anti-imperialist films.

Posted inArt

Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens

by Sarah E. Bond November 13, 2018March 17, 2023

Where, exactly, the idea of ancient aliens building the pyramids began — and why some academics think racism lies at the heart of many extraterrestrial theories.

Posted inArt

Mel Chin’s Tongue-in-Cheek Encyclopedia of the World

by Ryan Wong May 31, 2018June 1, 2018

He stares down the evils that have driven history, intervenes in public spaces, and collaborates with science — all in service to strengthening community

Posted inNews

Tanzania Joins International Movement Demanding Return of Human Remains in Germany

Avatar photo by Daniel A. Gross March 16, 2018March 17, 2018

Tanzanian activists, and at least one government official, want Germany to repatriate the skull of a chief who was killed after fighting German colonists in East Africa.

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An Artist Takes Issue with a Brand’s Appropriation of Black Detroit

by Sarah Rose Sharp December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

With “Rethink Shinola,” scholar and artist Rebekah Modrak has created a biting, minutely researched critique of an appropriative re-branding of Detroit.

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An Artist’s Powerful Letter on Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 17, 2017

Yasmín Hernández lives in Puerto Rico, and instead of attending a panel discussion at El Museo del Barrio in New York last week she sent this letter outlining the realities of post-hurricane life for an artist.

Posted inArt

Reflections on Asmara’s Modernist (and Colonial) Dream

Avatar photo by Mebrak Tareke September 4, 2017September 1, 2017

It’s hard not to question why Asmara was named a World Heritage Site, especially as the country is reeling from decades of hardship.

Posted inBooks

The Racist Caricatures of African Soldiers that Soothed French Colonial Anxieties

by Claire Voon June 2, 2017

With a Weapon and a Grin, a new book by Stephan Likosky, traces the iconography used to infantilize African soldiers who fought in the French army during World War I.

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The Complicated Legacy of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman Who Helped Colonize the Middle East

by Mary Pelletier April 21, 2017April 21, 2017

A new film looks at the life of the female explorer, spy, translator, and archaeologist, who’s been largely written out of history.

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Deluxe Redux: ‘Asia in Amsterdam’ at the Peabody Essex

by Natasha Seaman April 2, 2016April 9, 2016

SALEM, Mass. — The Dutch East India Company wrested control of the Asian spice trade from the Spanish and Portuguese, went on to own virtually all of Indonesia, and monopolized trade with Japan for 200 years.

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