Decolonising the Aceh Museum: Objects, Histories and their Narratives by Ajeng Arainikasih, Hafnidar .

“… The Aceh Museum, one of the oldest museums in Indonesia, was established during Dutch colonial rule. In this article the discussion of three objects of the colonial collections at the Aceh Museum (an ancient metal bell, colonial photographs and an old wooden weaving tool) illustrate the complexities of decolonising museums in a previously colonised country. …”
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Talking politics and watching the border in Northern Burundi, c. 1960-1972 by Russell, A

“…Colonialism redefined the meaning of borders in Burundi, and in the traumatic shift from colonial rule to Independence it became dangerous to live on the frontier. …”

Post/Colonial Ghana, elites, and education by Seagrim, O

“…Despite regaining independence from colonial rule in 1957, with a campaign born of the Pan-Africanism movement, Ghana’s elites are still looking to the West to educate their children; with ‘Britishness’ continuing to play a central role in the acquisition and maintenance of elite status in postcolonial Ghana. …”

Fevers in the garden: a history of malaria in colonial Assam from 1826 - 1939 by Friederich, E

“…</p> <p>Assam was transformed by British rule, and the trajectories of both malaria and society were strongly influenced by colonial rule during this time period. The ecology of Assam was heavily modified to support the province’s biggest industry- tea. …”

Land for industry: state-society relations in agrarian Maharashtra by Chatterjee, M

“…<p>Usurping land and driving communities off it has been at the heart of state-driven ‘development’ processes in India since its independence from British colonial rule. Post-independence India has seen large-scale land dispossession for the grand ideological purpose of ‘nation-building’ through dams, industries, mines and ports. …”

Autofiction, Colonial Massacres and the Politics of Memory by Hywel Dix

“…Drawing on research into the relationship between writing and forms of public commemoration, the article analyses Fred D’Aguiar’s portrayal of the killing of African slaves thrown overboard the slave ship Zong in 1781 in Feeding the Ghosts (1997); Kamila Shamsie’s depiction of the massacre of demonstrators protesting against colonial rule in India in Peshawar in 1930 in A God in Every Stone (2014); and Jackie Kay’s homage to the sinking of the SS Mendi, a ship carrying southern African non-combatant personnel to assist in the British effort in World War One in “Lament for the Mendi Men” (2011). …”
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Matabeleland and the Rulers’ Political Sins: Defining Subversive Art in Zimbabwe by Khanyile Mlotshwa

“…Zimbabwe has a culture of protest art in theatre with a long history that goes back to the country’s independence from British colonial rule in 1980. However, a culture of subversive art in other artistic genres, such as visual arts, has emerged in recent years. …”
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The causes of Islamic fundamentalist violent movements in postcolonial Nigeria by A Kumsa, J Šubrt

“…The article starts with clarification of the structure of the Nigerian society from the linguistic perspective, and from the point of view of political cultures of different societies, which were colonized and came under one British colonial rule to 1960. This study analyses the history of Islamist fundamental movements starting from the late 1970s, and focuses on the latest such group - Boko Haram. …”
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The impact of the Palembang war and Dutch colonial domination on socio-economic changes in Palembang in the XIX-XX century by Endang Rochmiatun, Maryam Maryam, Nispa Gusela

“…During the Palembang period under the domination of the Dutch colonial rule, there were various economic policies including the formation of an administrative system. …”
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Implications of ideology on school buildings and cultural pluralistic context of Gazimağusa, North Cyprus by Ejeng B. Ukabi, Huriye Gurdalli

“…The island went through modernization, hosting the two communities under British Colonial Rule who were both struggling with the colonizers on one hand and experiencing ethnic and political clashes on the other; they formed the conditions for a wide variety of school buildings. …”
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White Blotches on Brown Skin: A Post-colonial Critique of "The Writing on My Forehead" by Dr. Zareena Qasim

“… The formal colonial rule of Britain ended seven decades ago but the experience deeply influenced the minds of the masses and altered their lives and psyche for a long time to come. …”
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The destigmatization of “evil woman”: Hulijing as a modern Sphinx in the “Good Hunting” of Love, Death & Robots (2019) by Anqi Peng, Shilong Tao

“…By setting the story in Hong Kong under colonial rule and depicting such a modern Sphinx, the “Good Hunting” subverts the stereotype of hulijing in traditional myths, breaks the gender and power relation between the man and the woman, and answers the way out of contemporary women. …”
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Philosophical Transmission and Contestation by Tho Ngoc Nguyen, Phong Thanh Nguyen

“…However, the domination of the classical Confucian orthodoxy and the lack of state-sponsored institutionalization in late feudal periods, as well as the later overwhelming imposition of Western civilization under French colonial rule, seriously challenged and downgraded the impacts of Qing Confucianism in Vietnam. …”
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Rabies as a Public Health Concern in India—A Historical Perspective by Sreejith Radhakrishnan, Abi Tamim Vanak, Pierre Nouvellet, Christl A. Donnelly

“…As a result of these efforts, rabies no longer posed a significant threat to the British, and it declined in administrative and public health priorities in India towards the end of colonial rule—a decline that has yet to be reversed in modern-day India. …”
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Ports of empire: immigration, communication, and cholera in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1830-1870 by Fowler, M, Madeline Fowler

“…This thesis presents the way in which colonial port towns managed the recurrent and unpredictable threats to their health, wellbeing and prosperity during this period, and highlights the increasing strain and growing dislocation felt by British North Americans under colonial rule.</p> <p>The history of cholera in Canada has focused overwhelmingly on Upper and Lower Canada, with little exploration or comparative analysis of the outbreaks in the Atlantic region. …”

Psychiatry’s 'golden age': making sense of mental health care in Uganda, 1894-1972 by Pringle, Y

“…Starting at the beginning of colonial rule in 1894, it traces the changing nature of mental health care both within and beyond the state, examining the conditions that allowed psychiatry to develop as a significant intellectual tradition in the years following Independence in 1962. …”

Sovereign skies: aviation and the Indian state 1939-53 by Iqbal, AA

“…The first of these studies the complex consequences of the expansion of Indian aviation during the Second World War which transformed India’s anaemic aviation sector into one of Asia's leading aviation powerhouses portending the passing of colonial rule. Chapter two traces the effects of partition in 1947 on aviation as well as the critical role played by aircraft in refugee evacuation and the restoration of order. …”

Cetakan visual sejarah pada era pemerintahan British di Sarawak berdasarkan koleksi Balai Seni visual Negara by Tahir, Azian, Mohd Noor, Arba’iyah, Mansor, Suffian

“…In these papers, we will be able to focus on the visual collection at the National Visual Art Gallery of historical events during the time of British Colonial rule in Sarawak.In addition, this paper will also highlight the repertoire of visual record prints in various techniques produced through experience and sketches by travelers, tourists, government officials and their families who had been in Sarawak.During the same period, the British has also started documenting historical events taking place in Sarawak in sketches and thereafter by printing and reproducing the artworks in prints by publishing in booklets as well as portfolios.Besides that, the visuals will be analysed by examining local and foreign records for comparison.These documentations will assist the completion of historical research not only through records but also through exploration of historical events, travels/journeys made by colonials in visual form.…”
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Unstable Expansion: The Development of the Military Medical Evacuation Chain in Korea, 1948–1953 by Jaegoo KANG, Yunjae PARK

“…Focusing on military doctors, this article studies the instability of the Korean Army’s medical evacuation chain.Although Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule in August 1945, Korea had no army or army medical services. …”
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Buildings for Higher Education in Africa by Ola Uduku, Kuukuwa Manful

“…Many contributions are linked to the Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) Project—funded by the German Foreign Ministry (Auswärtiges Amt)—, which focused on the documentary rediscovery of modern university campuses as examples of cultural landscapes from the period of independence from colonial rule. …”
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