From 40d07d7177b5e1e22f4af03275c58006bb49e539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sia <44813863+siawayforward@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:32:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update 11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac --- 11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md b/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md index 0c17c429..e296a6d8 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ the continued influence and impact of colonial-era ideologies and practices in a Neo-colonialism is a modern and more pervasive form of imposing ideological and economic dominance on a country after it has been declared independent from its coloniser. The stealth nature of neo-colonialism can be traced to treaties, agreements, and ideologies that have been imparted from the oppressors onto the oppressed from previous dependencies. ### Impact - In most African nations that were colonised by the British empire, western countries' ideals are seen as civilized and the best representation of societal progress. Standards of living that are ancestral are often dismissed as uncivilised and unconventional, erasing what is often thousands of years of culture. Governments limiting freedom of speech and other civil liberties of their citizens. A recent manifestation of this is seen in the [2020 #EndSARS campaign in Nigeria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_SARS).