The de-radicalisation of Jazz hurts the DRC till this day. I sat down with Lizmnk, a singer-songwriter from the Congolese diaspora and Aleria, a violinist-singer and British Nigerian. What...
So, Natalie B’s recent video about making her gym exclusively for “biologically female” women has been making waves. At first glance, it might seem like a move for “safety”...
Haddaway: What is Love “What is love, baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more.” To love in this world is to be heartbroken. How can we not...
Act 1: Work Was Never Meant to Be This Way The 9-to-5 is a scam. A relic of violence dressed up as normalcy. People treat it like a natural...
In Lagos, ambition thrives as “Yahoo Boys” exploit global greed, rebelling against systemic inequality born from colonialism. Their scams mirror a flawed world, challenging us to rethink ambition, legacy,...
At Decolonial Thoughts, we’re not just analysing the world—we’re witnessing it, reckoning with it, and refusing to accept that this is the best we can do. The past year...
As of October 7th, 2024, Palestine has experienced a year of relentless bombardment by the Israeli government on civilians, land, and infrastructure. Many international governing bodies recognize this now as...
Rice has been cultivated by communities in Borneo for countless generations, and in return, rice has cultivated customs, beliefs, traditions, and cultures throughout the Island. Annual rice harvests guide...
“You have no idea, do you, she says. How could you? They don’t teach you any of this. Too unpatriotic, right, to tell you the horrible things our country’s done before. The camps at Manzanar, or what happens at the border. They probably teach you that most plantation owners were kind to their slaves and that Columbus discovered America, don’t they? Because telling you what really hap- pened would be espousing un-American views, and we certainly wouldn’t want that. Bird doesn’t fully understand any of thesethings, but what he does understand, suddenly, and with head-spinning force, is how much he doesnot know. I’m sorry, he says meekly. The librarian sighs. How can you know, she says, if no one teaches you and no one ever talks about it, and all the books about it are gone? A long silence unwinds between them.” (Ng, 2020, p. 114) PREFACE In 1945, Korea hung the red and blue Korean flags on...
Flip through the pages of popular travel publications, such as National Geographic, and you may find a faint echo of media’s historical legacy that portrays non-Western cultures through a...
Based in Nigeria, Grace Omotara Àkanni-Lawrence, a dynamic content creator and founder of the thriving makeup brand Rhodes by Mo, stands at the forefront of cultural revival and empowerment. In...
Ambre Guetin Leperlier was born in Nice, France, and graduated as an architect in Paris. She spent two transformative years in Latin America, studying, traveling, and participating in internships...
“Heart Break of Borneo” draws its title from the “Heart of Borneo” initiative, a conservation promise by Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia to protect the island’s rainforests. This artwork vividly...
The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each...
Border apartheid: the silencing and othering of bodies through oppressive colonial lines. As border fascism is on the rise, displaced people have nowhere to go. The forced movements of...