Tag: colonialism
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Cape Fever review: a masterful power struggle of mistress and maid
Overview In Cape Fever, Nadia Davids delivers a compact, charged novel set in a “small unnamed city in a colonial empire” just after the First World War. The story builds around a fraught relationship between a mistress and her maid, using their intimate dynamic to illuminate the broader social hierarchies and racial tensions that defined…
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Is Complexity Just an Excuse? The Tendaguru Dinosaur and Its Unresolved Legacy
Introduction: Recalling a Case That Haunts Paleontology The Tendaguru Dinosaur excavations in the early 20th century have long stood as a touchstone for debates about science, empire, and ownership. A follow-up to our previous report on the colonial conditions that kept Tanzania’s fossils in Berlin, this article digs deeper into the question: is complexity merely…
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Cape Fever by Nadia Davids: A Power Struggle Between Mistress and Maid
Overview Nadia Davids’s Cape Fever revisits the social maelstrom of a South African city just after World War I, a nation beginning to reckon with its colonial legacies. The novel, her second, follows the award-winning author as she sharpens her lens on power, gender, and class. Set in a small unnamed coastal city that evokes…
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Climate Crisis Is New Colonialism: How the Global South Pays the Price
Introduction: The Irony of the Climate Crisis The climate crisis reveals a troubling paradox: the communities contributing least to global warming bear the heaviest burdens. From rising seas to extreme droughts, the most vulnerable regions—often in the Global South—face climate shocks with limited resources and little control over the global systems that manufacture the problem.…
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Climate Crisis Is New Colonialism
The Irony at the Heart of Climate Change The climate crisis exposes a troubling irony: the nations least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions are often the first and most severely affected by its impacts. Small island states, least-developed countries, and communities in the global south face stronger storms, higher sea levels, and longer droughts while…
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Climate Crisis Is New Colonialism: Unequal Impacts Worldwide
Introduction: A Crisis That Mirrors Colonial Legacies The climate crisis is not just a scientific or environmental issue; it is a social and political phenomenon that exposes deep-rooted unequal power structures. The countries that contribute the least to greenhouse gas emissions are often the ones bearing the heaviest costs—rising seas, extreme weather, and disrupted livelihoods.…
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Of Floating Isles: Kawika Guillermo’s Memoir Weaving Video Games, Self-Knowledge, and Colonial Truths
Introduction: A Memoir Grounded in Play Kawika Guillermo’s memoir Of Floating Isles situates itself at the intersection of personal memory, video game culture, and critical theory. Placed in a framing that resembles a psychological horror game, The Path, the book invites readers to wander rather than win, to confront and remember rather than conquer. Guillermo…
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Kawika Guillermo’s Of Floating Isles: Self-Knowledge Through Games
Introduction: A Memoir Built on Floating Isles Kawika Guillermo’s memoir Of Floating Isles opens with a striking image: a digital landscape that mirrors the path of personal growth. The Path, a psychological horror game that subverts the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, frames Guillermo’s narrative as readers guide young girls through a dark, open…
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Kawika Guillermo’s Of Floating Isles: Self-Knowledge Through Video Games and Memory
Introduction: A Memoir Framed by a Dark Path Kawika Guillermo’s memoir Of Floating Isles begins not with a conventional life story, but with a video game chronicle—the Path—a psychological horror experience that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood as a perilous journey through an open, encroaching forest. In Guillermo’s hands, the game becomes a lens for…