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2025

Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India (BBC)
Brazil’s first Oscar highlights the brutality of the military dictatorship’s legacy (Aljazeera)
Africa’s newest book prize is named after Andreé Blouin: who was she? (The Conversation)
‘No Other Land’: Israeli-Palestinian film wins Oscar for best documentary feature (Middle East Eye)
Rival rallies erupt in South Korea over President Yoon’s impeachment (Aljazeera)
The Bishops will serve as ‘advocates for racial justice’ in the Church and society (Church Times)
Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford University (The Conversation)
How the ‘war on terror’ paved the way for student deportations in the US (Aljazeera)

Grammy Awards 2025: Beyoncé is the first Black Artist to win in the Best Country Album (BBC)
Grammys 2025 Controversy: ‘Milton Nascimento Deserves Respect’ Fans Demand After Brazilian Singer Denied Seat (Filmibeat)
Protester waves Sudan-Palestine flag during Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl show (Aljazeera)
Russia says Ukraine will be involved in peace talks as Zelensky warns against trusting Putin (BBC)
Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States, poll shows (Reuters)
Mali filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, ‘father of African cinema’, dies at age 84 (Aljazeera)
Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88 (The Guardian)

America’s internet giants are being outplayed in the global south (The Economist)
Museum of the Bamoun Kings: ancient treasures from Cameroon find a spectacular new home (The Conversation)
Germany’s genocide in Namibia: deal between the two governments falls short of delivering justice (The Conversation)
Across Asia, hundreds of millions gather to mark lunar new year (The Guardian)

Climate Modeling Pioneer Leads as Role Model Too (Eos)
Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery (The Conversation)

American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too (The Conversation)
How 17th century refugees used the printing press to fight their oppressors – and laid the foundations of modern humanitarianism (The Conversation)
Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent (The Conversation)
The colonial-era inequalities that fuelled the New Caledonia crisis (Reuters)
The world is rushing to Africa to mine critical minerals like lithium – how the continent should deal with the demand (The Conversation)
Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’ (Scroll.in)
The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential (The Conversation)
Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France (Reuters)

THE MAU MAU CASE: POST-COLONIAL JUSTICE ON THE STRAND (Strandlines)
What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj (Scroll.in)
Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in Paris (The Interpreter)
The UN has a ‘list of shame’ for those who harm children in war – but who is missing? (The Conversation)
The genius of Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s accent – a musicologist explains (The Conversation)
Navigating the complexities of decolonizing knowledge production (Integration and Implementation Insights)
South West Bank: Venice Biennale exhibition explores how Palestinians have become ‘foreigners everywhere’ (The Conversation)
As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves (Reuters)
Digital trail at St Paul’s reveals racial injustices (Church Times)
Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea (The New York Times)

Entangled Pasts, 1768–Now: Art, Colonialism and Change – An Illustrated Review (Museum Geographies)
Beyond images of war: Sammy Baloji’s work captures DR Congo’s vibrant arts and culture, challenging western views (The Conversation)
Schools don’t need to bin Shakespeare – but it’s time for us to teach him differently (The Guardian)
Cambridge’s slavery links have damaged its students (The Independent)
Is It Possible to Decolonise a Biennial? (Art Review)
Gabriel Massan’s Decolonial Games (Art Review)
How Colonial Photography Shaped Representations of Southeast Asia (Art Review)
I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified (The Guardian)
EU must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs (The Guardian)
‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism (The Guardian)
Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures, says Sissay (The Guardian)
Recruitment of nurses from global south branded ‘new form of colonialism’ (The Guardian)

To accurately portray histories, museums need to do more than ‘reimagine’ galleries (The Conversation)
Church Commissioners’ research into historic links to African chattel enslavement (The Church of England)
Church fund ‘not enough’ to right slavery wrongs (BBC News)
THE FUND FOR HEALING, REPAIR AND JUSTICE (https://hrjfund.org/)
The Repatriation Project. The Delayed Return of Native Remains (PROPUBLICA)
The Blame – and the Shame – of Three Million Bengali Dead (The Wire)
Artist defends Tate Britain’s display of ‘undeniably racist’ Whistler mural (The Guardian)
Fostering Mathematical Brilliance in All Students (Medium)
A 19th-century Indian queen’s photographic work has been obscured by history (Scroll.in)
Why Muslim women cover their hair with a hijab and the importance of modesty in Islam (ABC News)
The Equality Charters – Good Practice Initiatives (AdvanceHE)
PROF OLUFEMI TAIWO INTERRUPTS DECOLONISATION THEORY IN A NEW BOOK (Intervention)
Gaza: a litmus test for the humanitarian sector’s commitment to decolonisation? (ODI)

Dollar Street: Photos showing family in the world by income (Gapminder)
Anti-Blackness and Colonial Detention (The Museum of British Colonialism)
One ship, many stories: How a single, unglamorous, workaday merchant vessel tells the history of the 19th-century world in many violent chapters (aeon)
Start here: Entangled Pasts, 1768–now (Royal Academy)
Children’s book revolution: how East African women took on colonialism after independence (The Conversation)
Sculpture of colonial officer’s ‘angry spirit’ returns to DRC as Dutch urge reckoning (The Guardian)
Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race and ethnicity (
Association for Learning Development in Higher Education)
Bernardine Evaristo on the role of the artist (Royal Academy of Arts)
Untold Stories (Royal Academy of Arts)

4 must-read books from east Africa: from Tanzanian masters to Ugandan queens (The Conversation)
There Can Be No Critique (Boston Review)
“How do you like your truth?”: Celebrating Benjamin Zephaniah (Institute of Development Studies)
British elites have long been a barrier to peace in the Middle East (openDemocracy)
Entangled Islands exhibition explores the history of Irish people in the Caribbean – an expert review (The Conversation)
Dozens of UK-linked vessels scrapped on South Asian beaches, despite ban (UNEARTHED)
Heirs of Power: Slaveholding Families (Reuters)
Invisible Windrush: how the stories of Indian indentured labourers from the Caribbean were forgotten (The Conversation)
‘Colonial mentality’: from the Caribbean to Kenya, Black people are challenging hair discrimination (The Guardian)
Decolonising museums isn’t part of a ‘culture war’. It’s about keeping them relevant. (The Guardian)

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