There’s a new 18th century-style coffee house at Penn
The university open a full-scale recreation of a colonial coffee house, a centerpiece of Penn’s first major exhibit of the ...
25 most beautiful U.S. college campuses | College Connection
U.S. News & World Report, known for its academic ranking of college campuses, recently considered the aesthetics and ...
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Post-colonial culture in Nigeria
In this changed cultural preference, the cultural gap between Southerners and Northerners in Nigeria began to close.
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France’s modern colonies: the CFA Franc System
The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late ...
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The infamous 'human zoos' in Hamburg
During the colonial period, a German merchant Carl Hagenbeck was one of the first to display humans alongside animals in zoos, and he quickly became a successful "ethnography showman." Today the ...
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The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend
And, it was, arguably, his tryst with the British Raj that catalysed his transformation from Eric Blair – the son of a colonial opium agent – to ... The result was a period of deliberate self-imposed ...
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UK stole $64.82 trillion from India during Colonial rule: 5 other shocking facts you probably don't know
A recent report by Oxfam International reveals a shocking truth. During colonial rule, the UK took around $64.82 trillion from India. Most of this wealth went to the richest 10% of people. The Oxfam ...
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Executive orders show Trump’s power and political theatre, but his honeymoon period may be short-lived
Samuel Garrett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
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UK drained $64.82 trillion from India during colonial rule; billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion in 2024: Key points of Oxfam report
Oxfam International’s report highlights how colonial wealth extraction, particularly from India, has laid the foundation for modern economic inequalities, including the dominance of unearned ...
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UK's richest 10% took half of colonial India's extracted wealth, ‘enough to carpet London’s surface 4 times'
Oxfam's new report said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023. Rights group Oxfam's latest report released on Monday said ...
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UK's richest 10% took half of India's wealth during colonial era: Oxfam report
It details the suppression of India’s industrial growth, the modern impact on global inequality, and ongoing exploitation by multinational corporations linked to colonial practices. Oxfam ...
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Design Cues: Pioneer artist Goh Beng Kwan celebrates Chinese New Year with hongbao-inspired collages
In 1989, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts. For the Commune show, Goh presents collages and mixed-media works crafted from recycled red packets and other materials that he ...