colonialism

Indonesian excitement about Dutch colonialism closes Rotterdam trendy blogger

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Indonesian excitement about Dutch colonialism closes Rotterdam trendy blogger

It is an interesting option for the largest cinematic festival in the Netherlands to close the film that explicitly condemns the Dutch colonial violence in Indonesia, but one can always expect interesting options from the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The movie “This City” is from Mouily Syria, “This city”, in Jakarta in 1946, where the … Read more

A new form of colonialism in the countries of the South Trendy Blogger

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A new form of colonialism in the countries of the South Trendy Blogger

South Sudan is the newest country in the world. Yet, almost a decade and a half after acquiring sovereign state status in July 2011, it appears to enjoy a second-rate form of independence. Not under direct colonial control and no longer part of the larger (currently war-torn) Sudanese state, South Sudan has a contemporary form … Read more