Decolonization

In Palestine, we should talk about decolonization and not peace.

Jewish communities dating to pre-Islamic times were driven out as "Pieds-Noirs" during the so-called decolonization of North Africa.

What people call "decolonization" is often anything but.

Western Sahara is recognized by the United Nations' Special Committee on Decolonization.

Western Sahara is non-self-governing territory pending decolonization.

Morocco is not showing the slightest intention of carrying out a decolonization process in Western Sahara.

Albert Memmi's book "Decolonization and the Decolonized" is such a breath of fresh air.

Decolonization is, first and foremost, the physical return of land and property to the colonized.

Western Sahara's independence should be supported because it is a matter of upholding the principles of self-determination and decolonization.

Decolonization efforts are essential to rectify historical injustices.

In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board games until recently as Godthab.

But what does decolonisation have to do with place names? Place names are the meeting points of history and geography that shape part of our identities.