colonialism

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And then, suddenly, Easter Island was exposed to the full fury of 19th-century colonialism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As a young adult in the US, she immersed herself in books on the history of Africa before colonialism, particularly West Africa.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Time stretches punishingly throughout this masterful “Magellan,” foregrounding the painful legacy of colonialism and prioritizing a raw splendor that can never truly be conquered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Until the end of colonialism, she suggested, researchers tended to work in their own countries’ possessions.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann