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How We’re Still Colonised

Assistant Professor Dr Karim Bettache, Lecturer in Social Psychology and Global Political Economy, Chinese University of Hong Kong

06-Jul-21 15:00

How We’re Still Colonised

Following the end of World War 2 up until the 60s, three dozen new states in Asia and Africa achieved autonomy and independence from their European colonial rulers. Many consider this as the end of European Colonialism. But is that really true? Or are we still colonised today… only in different ways?

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  Politics,  Social Issues,  History,  People & Places

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Today I Learned,  colonisation,  European,  colonialism,  post-colonialism,  global politics, 


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