In 1492, the discovery of the Americas initiated European colonialism, resulting in the continent's dominance over much of ...

Liberia was founded in the 1820s as part of the American "colonization" movement, which sought to resettle free Black Americans on the African continent. English is the official language of Liberia.

Mathieu Belezi has been fascinated by the history of colonial Algeria for years. Acclaim finally came with his latest book, a sign of changing times. “It is my duty to ask questions, especially ...

TAINAN, Taiwan — On a Friday morning in the southern city of Tainan, Shuixian Gong Market overflows with displays of shiny orange and silver fish, stacks of glistening pork ribs and crates of dragon ...

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Weights, measures and classification systems may seem like innocuous ways of taking stock of the world around us. But the tools are anything but objective, a new exhibition suggests. Measuring ...

Rehema Chachage and Valerie Asiimwe Amani, "The Journey"(2022); installed as part of Moving Mountains at the Grassi Museum for Ethnology in Leipzig in March 2022 (all images courtesy Grassi Museum für ...

Last month, as Israeli artillery destroyed buildings in Gaza, one of two slivers of territory into which Palestinians have been squeezed over the last century, the British government was once again ...