A lot of people say colonialism was 'evil' or whatever, but what have they really done with Africa since we gave it… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Europeans would like to escape from their history, a "great" history written in letters of blood. But others, by the hundreds of… — Raymond Aron Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as slave traders, get your language straight, you idiots - they were human traffickers, not traders, you trade… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism . Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“I know it is said in missionary meetings that we conquered India to raise the level of the Indians. That is cant.… — William Joynson-Hicks Copy Share Image
The deep inequalities that persist are visible reminders of the effects of apartheid and colonialism. Until these scars are healed, the vision… — Kate O'Regan Copy Share Image
The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel's… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“Of all the modern social sciences, anthropology is the one historically most closely tied to colonialism, since it was often the case… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
There's this long history of colonialism and the colonial gaze when applied to matters related to China. So a lot of conceptions… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue,… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda Copy Share Image
Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Don't talk to me about Matisse the European style of 1900, the tradition of the studio where the nude style woman reclines… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands of years earlier, not as… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Some will say: "Why should we celebrate the birth of colonialism, of oppression, of cultural genocide through Canada 150?" It's 2017. In… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender. Feminism must involve consciousness of capitalism… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“And Aziz in an awful rage danced this way and that, not knowing what to do, and cried: "Down with the English… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“And what do we do to fit our English-speaking Chinese, our docile and happy, our truly loyal servants, for the Asia of… — Han Suyin Copy Share Image
“There has always been racism. But it developed as a leading principle of thought and perception in the context of colonialism. That’s… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Out of this unstable mix of technocracy and national security you have a nostalgia developing for colonialism or religion—atavistic in my opinion,… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
“In light of recent events—genocide in East Africa, the collapse of democracy throughout the continent, the isolation of Cuba, the overthrow of… — Aimé Césaire Copy Share Image
“How come he cannot recognize his own cruelty now turned against him? How come he can't see his own savagery as a… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“South Earth Summon (Naskaristana 2800) I am the Son of South Earth, my spice-tolerance is superhuman, but lies-tolerance is nonexistent - my… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Much is at stake. In giving Hochschild its Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award in 2008, the American Historical Association claimed that King Leopold’s… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“All cultures have, furthermore, an economic, social, and political base, and no culture can continue to live if its political destiny is… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Colonialism had its way with making us believe we were inadequate, if we mimicked the lifestyle and values it upheld, we were… — Mala Naidoo Copy Share Image
“I find forgiveness overrated. There are times and places when it’s appropriate. But not when the demand that you forgive is used… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“the whole idea that people have a clue as to how the world works, is just a piece of laughable metaphysical colonialism… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The thing that was bad about colonialism, and the thing which is residually bad in some of our aid programs, is that… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come… — Ahmed Ben Bella Copy Share Image
“The tales that white people tell you of their Native servants are conceived in the same spirit. If they had been told… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
“Some writers add beauty to the world while others lament its ugliness. Left with these two options, I'd say Wiener wasn't so… — Gabriela Weiner Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as slave traders, get your language straight, you idiots - they were human traffickers, not traders, you trade… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum. — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
“According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“The colonialst as the custodian of the values of civilization and history, he accomplishes a mission; he has the immense merit of… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“You cannot be civilized until you're decolonized, you cannot be cultured until you're unamericanized, you cannot be educated until you're de-europeanized, you… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
