Political Pandora

According to the Forum ERF Policy Portal, scholars have questioned whether the standard Mercator projection was a political tool that contributed to the scramble for Africa by various Western powers. By making the continent look small and ‘conquerable’, it could have played a role in the colonisation of Africa. The late 19th and 20th centuries saw the peak of colonialism where Western powers competed fiercely for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

In the Western migration discourse, state logic, power, and domination take precedence over migrants as the subject of inquiry, committing epistemic violence.

For decades, the A$5 banknote carried the familiar visage of Queen Elizabeth II—the figurehead of an empire that forcefully claimed sovereig

Now, that vision of mass expulsion of people who are mostly refugees from the genocidal cleansing in 1948, official US foreign policy.

Los Colonos has garnered praise for its unflinching portrayal of the Selk’nam genocide and its attempt to reframe narratives.

Josephine Mathebula sits against a cream white backdrop, presumably in her home in the South African province of Limpopo. She is poised...

Massive protests broke out after the parliament passed the new Finance Bill on 25th June highlighting increasing taxes on essential items.

East Asian cultural appropriation has been living under a veneer of acceptability for centuries. Let's break it down.