You are here: Homepage Tag Postkolonialismus Articles Allegory of America, from New Inventions of Modern Times (Nova Reperta), plate 1 of 19, print, Theodoor Galle, after Jan van der Straet, known in English as Stradanus. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934 Latin America | Colonialisation “The feminisation of Latin America continues to this day” The Colombian philosopher Oscar Guardiola-Rivera compares the US attack on Venezuela to a sexual act. And now Europe is learning how it feels to be pressured by a superpower. By Oscar Guardiola-Rivera 01/30/2026 Journalist Karen Hao Foto: Tony Luong Artificial Intelligence | USA “The culture of Silicon Valley is authoritarian” According to journalist Karen Hao, the companies at the heart of the AI industry are increasingly acting like modern empires. A conversation about the consequences—and what needs to change. Interview with Karen Hao 12/09/2025 [Translate to English:] Illustration: Julia Neller Colonialism | England In love with Angelina Jolie The Nigerian author Stephen Buoro rejected the culture of his homeland for a long time. Today, he criticizes how heavily it is being exploited By Stephen Buoro 06/04/2025 Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on the island of Zanzibar in 1948. As a student he fled to England and taught English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent. Today he lives in Canterbury Photo: Joel Saget / Getty Images Literature | International “Colonialism keeps going” In his books, Abdulrazak Gurnah takes a close-up look at life under colonial rule - and probes both his East African roots and his British homeland. A conversation Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah 01/09/2023 The entrance portal of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart Photo: Harald Voelkl/Linden-Museum Stuttgart Museum | Germany A difficult legacy One of the biggest ethnography museums in Europe is facing up to its colonial past. How exactly is it going about it? By Karl-Heinz Meier-Braun 07/01/2021
Allegory of America, from New Inventions of Modern Times (Nova Reperta), plate 1 of 19, print, Theodoor Galle, after Jan van der Straet, known in English as Stradanus. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934 Latin America | Colonialisation “The feminisation of Latin America continues to this day” The Colombian philosopher Oscar Guardiola-Rivera compares the US attack on Venezuela to a sexual act. And now Europe is learning how it feels to be pressured by a superpower. By Oscar Guardiola-Rivera 01/30/2026
Journalist Karen Hao Foto: Tony Luong Artificial Intelligence | USA “The culture of Silicon Valley is authoritarian” According to journalist Karen Hao, the companies at the heart of the AI industry are increasingly acting like modern empires. A conversation about the consequences—and what needs to change. Interview with Karen Hao 12/09/2025
[Translate to English:] Illustration: Julia Neller Colonialism | England In love with Angelina Jolie The Nigerian author Stephen Buoro rejected the culture of his homeland for a long time. Today, he criticizes how heavily it is being exploited By Stephen Buoro 06/04/2025
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on the island of Zanzibar in 1948. As a student he fled to England and taught English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent. Today he lives in Canterbury Photo: Joel Saget / Getty Images Literature | International “Colonialism keeps going” In his books, Abdulrazak Gurnah takes a close-up look at life under colonial rule - and probes both his East African roots and his British homeland. A conversation Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah 01/09/2023
The entrance portal of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart Photo: Harald Voelkl/Linden-Museum Stuttgart Museum | Germany A difficult legacy One of the biggest ethnography museums in Europe is facing up to its colonial past. How exactly is it going about it? By Karl-Heinz Meier-Braun 07/01/2021
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