colonialism

Christian conversion and the politics of faith in colonial Bengal

While Europe experienced an age of evangelical awakening in the eighteenth century, political circumstances in India posed challenges to the work of missionary preaching.

Echoes of colonialism in Bangladesh

In navigating colonialism, we have to ask ourselves, who is striving for control.

ESSAY / Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade

Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views

Can a free, fair election liberate us from depraved politics?

Can we really believe that this election, regardless of which side wins, offers us any real choice or hope for things to get better?

ESSAY / The Palestinian crisis, Holocaust production, and ‘Maus’

This is part of a grand narrative that, offensive as it is, asks why the Jewish people let themselves be killed, instead of asking why the system enabled it to happen–the same narrative also exists in the cases of colonialism and slavery.

The British roots of the conflict in Palestine

This isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism

A brutal colonial legacy that fuels the fires sweeping across France

Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal – something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow.

Where does a story end, and a lie begin?

Through its 300 pages, Kuang exposes the performative nature of anti-racism in publishing: showcasing the boxes that people of colour get put in and how difficult it is for them to be heard.

The pirates of Madagascar

In this posthumous effort, 'Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), Graeber posits, in characteristic fashion, that the Enlightenment would not have happened if not for the pirates around the Malagasy coast.

August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025

Christian conversion and the politics of faith in colonial Bengal

While Europe experienced an age of evangelical awakening in the eighteenth century, political circumstances in India posed challenges to the work of missionary preaching.

August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024

Echoes of colonialism in Bangladesh

In navigating colonialism, we have to ask ourselves, who is striving for control.

June 2, 2024
June 2, 2024

Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade

Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views

December 30, 2023
December 30, 2023

Can a free, fair election liberate us from depraved politics?

Can we really believe that this election, regardless of which side wins, offers us any real choice or hope for things to get better?

December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023

The Palestinian crisis, Holocaust production, and ‘Maus’

This is part of a grand narrative that, offensive as it is, asks why the Jewish people let themselves be killed, instead of asking why the system enabled it to happen–the same narrative also exists in the cases of colonialism and slavery.

October 23, 2023
October 23, 2023

The British roots of the conflict in Palestine

This isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism

July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023

A brutal colonial legacy that fuels the fires sweeping across France

Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal – something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow.

July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023

Where does a story end, and a lie begin?

Through its 300 pages, Kuang exposes the performative nature of anti-racism in publishing: showcasing the boxes that people of colour get put in and how difficult it is for them to be heard.

July 5, 2023
July 5, 2023

The pirates of Madagascar

In this posthumous effort, 'Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), Graeber posits, in characteristic fashion, that the Enlightenment would not have happened if not for the pirates around the Malagasy coast.

May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023

Forget the coronation, let’s talk about colonialism

Will the new king finally apologise for the atrocities committed in the name of the crown?