#colonial-legacy

#colonial-legacy

Back during SF's post-George Floyd statue tear-down spree of 2020, activists ripped down a statue of 18th century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra. It was not replaced, as Father Junipero Serra's legacy of late-1700s of cruelty toward Indigenous peoples in establishing California's missions was forcing many cities to rethink whether they wanted those statues of him or monuments to him that were dotted across the state.

The installation echoes a historic moment—Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1968 wrap—marking the Kunsthalle Bern's transition towards a renewed institutional vision.

Vladimir Putin came to fight in Africa in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s," Cameroonian influencer Franklin Nyamsi tells his hundreds of thousands of followers in a video shared across multiple platforms. "He participated in the fight against Western imperialism. I hope you know that.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering a deal to the US: minerals in exchange for military help, illustrating a troubling return to exploitative colonial practices.