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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 284 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.43 — 553,106 ratings — published 1899
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 251 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.74 — 408,464 ratings — published 1958
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 31,601 ratings — published 1961
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
by (shelved 193 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,859 ratings — published 1998
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.44 — 7,719 ratings — published 1950
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.15 — 442,208 ratings — published 2022
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.13 — 29,160 ratings — published 1978
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.42 — 8,162 ratings — published 1971
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A Passage to India A Passage to India (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.67 — 85,299 ratings — published 1924
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,771 ratings — published 1952
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.11 — 788,081 ratings — published 1998
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.49 — 33,339 ratings — published 2020
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.47 — 396,180 ratings — published 2016
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.31 — 26,934 ratings — published 1971
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,744 ratings — published 1993
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The Colonizer and the Colonized The Colonizer and the Colonized (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,961 ratings — published 1957
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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,555 ratings — published 2016
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.59 — 105,536 ratings — published 1966
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A Dying Colonialism A Dying Colonialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,542 ratings — published 1959
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 20,038 ratings — published 2014
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Burmese Days Burmese Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.87 — 31,940 ratings — published 1934
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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.20 — 18,093 ratings — published 2019
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 180,721 ratings — published 2006
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,177 ratings — published 1970
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Nervous Conditions Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.04 — 22,633 ratings — published 1988
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.46 — 20,411 ratings — published 2019
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Kim Kim (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.70 — 39,766 ratings — published 1901
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Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.97 — 29,549 ratings — published 2008
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,097 ratings — published 2000
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.55 — 10,201 ratings — published 2006
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,849 ratings — published 1981
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Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.93 — 35,380 ratings — published 1980
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Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,680 ratings — published 2021
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"Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,612 ratings — published 1992
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Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 616 ratings — published 1965
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,474 ratings — published 2007
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A Small Place A Small Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,021 ratings — published 1988
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Out of Africa Out of Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.91 — 47,624 ratings — published 1937
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.39 — 7,400 ratings — published 1938
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The Quiet American The Quiet American (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.98 — 70,285 ratings — published 1955
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.61 — 16,189 ratings — published 2020
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 606,943 ratings — published 2017
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Season of Migration to the North Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.72 — 33,078 ratings — published 1966
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The Heart of the Matter The Heart of the Matter (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.96 — 30,637 ratings — published 1948
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,362,127 ratings — published 1942
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The Message The Message (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.51 — 38,740 ratings — published 2024
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.36 — 15,396 ratings — published 2023
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The Word for World Is Forest The Word for World Is Forest (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.06 — 42,176 ratings — published 1972
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Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,053 ratings — published 1983
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.04 — 452,046 ratings — published 1997
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“The darkest secret of this country, I am afraid, is that too many of its citizens imagine that they belong to a much higher civilization somewhere else. That higher civilization doesn’t have to be another country. It can be the past instead—the United States as it was before it was spoiled by immigrants and the enfranchisement of the blacks.

This state of mind allows too many of us to lie and cheat and steal from the rest of us, to sell us junk and addictive poisons and corrupting entertainments. What are the rest of us, after all, but sub-human aborigines?”
Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard

Mahatma Gandhi
“Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe in the righteousness of the cause, which it is our privilege to espouse. We have an abiding faith in the mercy of the Almighty God, and we have firm faith in the British Constitution. That being so, we should fail in our duty if we wrote anything with a view to hurt.”
Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

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