Tag: postcolonial critique

• Déjà Vu: How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger | Pankaj Mishra

  September 6, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/7UDkyvw Why does anger seem to rule the world today? Pankaj Mishra traces our age of anger to the collision of Enlightenment promises of liberty and equality with empire,… more ›

• The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.

  August 2, 2026

  Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa. https://open.substack.com/pub/isaacsamuel/p/the-white-masks-of-gabon-foreign?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Quarterly Report on the human rights situation in Haiti (july – september )

  May 3, 2026

  https://binuh.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Quarterly%20Report%20on%20the%20human%20rights%20situation%20in%20Haiti%20%28july%20%E2%80%93%20september%202025%29.pdf more ›

• Van Gogh from Lagos: John Madu

  March 18, 2026

  Nigerian artist John Madu drew on his home country’s experience to revisit the paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Madu’s work is now on show at the Van Gogh Museum in… more ›