#colonial-influence

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Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

This is a west African story': how modern art tackled Nigeria's identity crisis

Modern Nigerian art integrates European techniques with indigenous themes, resisting decontextualization as "traditional" while addressing colonial influence, identity, and cultural nationalism.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Diverse, communal, gender-fluid: African families' true history is being whitewashed | Wambui Kimani

Raising children is a community endeavor, where caregiving is fluid among many rather than restricted to immediate family.
Remodel
fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Painted altar in Maya city of Tikal reveals aftermath of ancient coup

The unearthed altar in Tikal symbolizes Teotihuacan's influence over Maya civilization during a period of foreign rule.
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