Was Colonialism Good for Uganda

The past is another country, where it is only possible to go as a tourist, and which we will never fully understand. We can describe what we see, but it is far more difficult to know why people acted in the way they did, or what they believed, and why they believed it. Uganda too … Read more

Orientalism and Colonialism

Edward Said describes Orientalism as the ethnocentric way Europe approaches the Asian territories. Europeans looked upon the people of the Orient and Arabic states as “gullible” and “devoid of energy and initiative. ” The invasion of European nations proved a drastic decline in the natural prosperity of every nation they encountered. Europe forced the destruction … Read more