Charting the Future: Uprooting Colonialism from Global Systems and Minds
Charting the Future: Uprooting Colonialism from Global Systems and Minds
“So, the adoption of the resolution on the International Day Against Colonialism in all its forms and manifestations is a critical reflection on the progress achieved and the objective material realities currently confronting the world majority and their various struggles for self-determination and national sovereignty. The resolution was co-created by 23 countries, including Algiers, Angola, Botswana, Togo. My own country, the Republic of South Africa, who together with others constituted the group of friends. It's also important to recognize why the date, the 14th of December, was chosen, because that was the date in 1960 when the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.”
What does the newly adopted UN International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations truly mean in a world where modern manifestations of colonial practices still exist?
#PanAfricanFrequency sat down with Dr. Rasigan Maharajh, the chief director of the Institute for Economic Research and Innovation at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, to discuss how the day should be for critical reflection on the progress achieved in eradicating colonial practices in the present geopolitical landscape.
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