Colonial Legacy
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The Guardian : Pacific nation of Nauru wants to change its name as it moves on from colonial …
Critically frames colonial naming practices as erasures of Indigenous identity and exercises of power.
The article presents colonial name changes as deliberate acts of cultural suppression, using scholarly commentary to underscore their role in marginalising Indigenous presence.
““Changing placenames has been an integral part of colonialism to erase the presence of the original peoples,” he says. “It’s not just about the names themselves, it’s about who has the power to change the names.””
The Guardian : Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system
Colonial-era laws and religious authority framed as illegitimate suppression
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“Enslavement was sanctioned by the church. So, some aspects of the legislative architecture in the Caribbean were certainly driven by the need to have enslaved people not assemble, or gather for any reason, whether to worship their gods or to plan rebellions. This legislative architecture is very much present even today, when you see the Obeah Act still on the books in Jamaica.”