A respected British barrister as well as an evangelical leader, he oversaw Christian camps in the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and South Africa, where more than 100 boys and young men were abused. He embodied the authority and social privilege that shielded him from scrutiny. When reports of his abuse first surfaced in England in the early 1980s, the Church chose silence over accountability, allowing him to carry his cruelty to Africa.
Back during SF's post-George Floyd statue tear-down spree of 2020, activists ripped down a statue of 18th century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra. It was not replaced, as Father Junipero Serra's legacy of late-1700s of cruelty toward Indigenous peoples in establishing California's missions was forcing many cities to rethink whether they wanted those statues of him or monuments to him that were dotted across the state.
The installation echoes a historic momentâChristo and Jeanne-Claude's 1968 wrapâmarking the Kunsthalle Bern's transition towards a renewed institutional vision.
Vladimir Putin came to fight in Africa in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s," Cameroonian influencer Franklin Nyamsi tells his hundreds of thousands of followers in a video shared across multiple platforms. "He participated in the fight against Western imperialism. I hope you know that.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering a deal to the US: minerals in exchange for military help, illustrating a troubling return to exploitative colonial practices.