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King Charles will acknowledge the painful history of British colonial rule and slavery during his upcoming Caribbean visit this month. The tour marks a significant moment of historical reckoning between Britain and its former colonies.
Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum is sending home the remains of 39 Naga ancestors taken during colonial rule, ending a century-long separation. The repatriation follows years of partnership with Naga communities working to bring their ancestors back to northeast India.
A humble blue dye once forced on farmers became the catalyst for Gandhi's first act of resistance on Indian soil. The 1917 Champaran Satyagraha freed thousands from exploitation and shaped India's entire freedom movement.
Belgium has unveiled a monument honoring Congolese people exhibited against their will at an 1894 World's Fair in Antwerp, where seven died. The memorial marks a significant step in the nation's journey to acknowledge its colonial past.
Ghana will receive 2,000 looted cultural treasures from the Netherlands and Germany in one of the largest returns of African heritage ever. The announcement marks a turning point in efforts to reunite communities with their stolen history.
Modern health advocates are embracing what American colonists ate 250 years ago: locally sourced whole foods, organ meats, and minimally processed ingredients. It turns out our Founding Fathers knew something about nutrition that we're just rediscovering today.
The Netherlands took a historic step toward reconciliation by unveiling a monument honoring the Moluccan community and issuing a formal state apology for decades of mistreatment. The gesture recognizes thousands of Moluccans who came to the Netherlands after Indonesia's 1949 independence.
French lawmakers unanimously voted to officially erase slavery-era laws that defined enslaved people as property, taking a historic step toward acknowledging colonial wrongs. While the laws were superseded over 170 years ago, the formal repeal represents meaningful progress in confronting France's past.
French lawmakers voted 254-0 to finally repeal the Code Noir, a 1685 law that classified enslaved people as property and had survived 176 years after slavery ended. The unanimous decision marks a symbolic step toward confronting France's colonial past.
Workers installing an elevator in Uruguay's historic Cabildo Museum uncovered a hidden water source that may solve mysteries about how colonial Montevideo survived sieges. The 18th-century discovery is rewriting the city's early history.
Germany is launching a national coordination council to oversee the return of artworks, artifacts, and human remains taken during colonial times. The move builds on years of work already underway to reunite African nations with their stolen cultural heritage.
A massive ceremonial drum looted in 1916 is finally going home to Ivory Coast, part of France's new push to return hundreds of stolen African artifacts. The three-meter drum will take center stage in a new museum in Abidjan.