Society / Decolonization

Guatemala may have made progress in trying to hold people to account for abuses of power, but with so many tragic cases languishing in the courts, Mira Galanova explores what’s getting in the way of justice.

Tarushi Aswani on how the Indian government is using the language of decolonization to promote its own form of rightwing nationalism.

Decolonizing Africa’s media means interrogating its form as well as its content. Patrick Gathara examines an initiative which tells narrative stories through live performance in Kenya, and asks what lessons it holds for the continent at large.

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco reports on the growing movement to get the Global North to cough up for its climate debt.

The push for repair emanates from movements with a rich and varied history. Priya Lukka explores where we’ve come from and what could be ahead.

Barbados took the plunge and ditched the British monarchy two years ago. Has anything really changed since? Amy Hall reports.

It was a moment that could have remade the world, but it was squashed by neoliberal agendas. Kojo Koram charts the rise and fall of the anti-colonial New International Economic Order.

Action, and further reading on Decolonization.

Confronting the impact of empire is not about getting stuck in the past, writes Amy Hall. It’s vital to how we build a better future.

For centuries, museums have held human remains as artefacts – including those sold, looted and smuggled out of colonized countries. Hana Pera Aoake explains how New Zealand/Aotearoa has become a world-leader in repatriation. What can be learned from the Indigenous-led programme driving the push to bring ancestors home?

Dalia Gebrial and Thomas Jeffrey Miley go head to head on this complex and topical issue. Illustrations by Kate Copeland.