Young, an Oxford don, has an interesting stab at explaining the political, social and cultural after-effects of decolonisation by presenting situations, experiences and testimony rather than abstract theory.
Looking at the status of aboriginal people, Algerian rai music, postcolonial feminism, and global social and ecological movements, he argues that present-day anti-globalisation campaigners are continuing the anti-colonial struggles of the past.
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