Published on Pambazuka News (https://www.pambazuka.org)

Home > Global: How beautiful was my colony

Contributor [1]
Monday, September 11, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Racism & xenophobia [2]
Issue Number: 
269 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A meaning of colonialism offered in the new edition of a French dictionary has stirred another debate on how France views its past. In its edition that appeared this month, the widely consulted French dictionary Le Petit Robert defines colonialism as "valuing, enhancing, exploiting the natural resources" of foreign territories.

Category: 
Global South [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/racism/36933 [5]

Source URL: https://www.pambazuka.org/node/36161

Links
[1] https://www.pambazuka.org/author/contributor
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3321
[3] https://www.pambazuka.org/article-issue/269
[4] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3314
[5] http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/racism/36933