Some European governments have even been known to repatriate artifacts without payment. In June, Colombia received nearly 700 pre-Columbian pieces that had been seized by the Spanish police.

CORRUPTION IN PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA. ... the rulers held power in trust for the colonial authorities. Government became an antagonistic platform for forcefully extracting obedience from the people.

But it’s one that deeply colors how we see tribal governments and their laws. When most Americans imagine a pre-colonial “tribal government” we think small, familial and primitive.

The calls by some Namibians and Africans at large for a return to pre-colonial borders may sound romantic - a dream of reclaiming identity, sovereignty, and historical justice. But in truth, it is a ...

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Second, colonial governments typically lacked enough officials to effectively run their territories. To maintain political stability they therefore collaborated with – or subordinated ...

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over growing income inequality and alleged that the share of middle class in national income ...

Kibuuka Kigaanira (R) with a priestly assistant. He warned Baganda to stop paying taxes to the colonial government and to stop attending religious services. Photo Courtesy of Euginia Bonabana. By ...

Photo shows the façade of the museum on the Philippines’s pre-colonial history. ON the eve of the national day for the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan, the National Historical ...