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29th March 1857
World + People
Science

29th March 1857

On this day in 1857, a young Indian soldier in an infantry regiment of the British East India Company decided to take a stand against his British masters. His actions kickstarted a major rebellion.
Adam Węgłowski
The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes

The pishtaco – a seemingly mythical creature that lives among the Indigenous peoples of the Andes – has its origins in the real-life events of Spanish colonialism.
Tomasz Pindel
Food Imperialism Is Alive in Africa
Soul + Body
Good Food

Food Imperialism Is Alive in Africa

On the continent of Africa, the colonial economic arrangements never really ended. To discover this, you need look no further than the food on your plates.
Waithera Sebatindira
Better Not to Talk About It
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Better Not to Talk About It

Elżbieta Jodłowska – an ethnologist and researcher of the culture of the Indigenous Andean Quechua people – talks about the bogeyman figure of the ‘pishtaco’ in the Andes.
Tomasz Pindel
How Encyclopaedias Die
Art + Stories
Experiences

How Encyclopaedias Die

The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. As a result, unique cultures and languages are dying out.
Julia Fiedorczuk
The Māori Awakening
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Māori Awakening

After years of suppression of Māori cultural identity, New Zealand’s Indigenous people are finally experiencing a renaissance, in defiance of colonialism.
Maciej Wesołowski
The Bloody Conquest
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Bloody Conquest

The colonization of the Americas is often described as a ‘discovery’ and a ‘great adventure’, words which mask the reality of the bloody genocide that took place there.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
From the Desert to Museums
Art + Stories
Art

From the Desert to Museums

Long marginalized as ‘primitive art’, the art of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia is slowly but surely gaining global recognition.
Karol Sienkiewicz
Farmers of the Dreamtime
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

Farmers of the Dreamtime

After colonizing Australia, white settlers rewrote the continent’s history. It is only now that their descendants are discovering the importance of Aboriginal agricultural practices.
Maciej Świetlik
The Australian Alcatraz
Art + Stories
Fiction, Experiences

The Australian Alcatraz

Traveller Bartosz Twaróg talks about the unjust history of the Aboriginal peoples sent to Palm Island, where they were subjected to colonial violence for decades.
Jan Pelczar