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decolonization

Gradual achievement of independence by former colonies of the European imperial powers, which began after World War I. The process of decolonization accelerated after World War II with 43 states achieving independence between 1956 and 1960, 51 between 1961 and 1980, and 23 from 1981. The movement affected every continent: India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain in 1947; Algeria gained independence from France in 1962, the ‘Soviet empire’ broke up 1989-91.



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How can I attempt to shift the centers of their worlds and begin to decolonize their minds when the majority of the students and community are always already resistant to what could amount to an intellectual interrogation and even a dismantling of their inherited privileges?
Mupirocin can be used to treat superficial skin infections and has been used to decolonize patients.
One could respond that it was precisely Sukarno's attempts to decolonize the economy totally--based on a utopian version of anticolonial thinking--that created an unnecessary catastrophe from which Indonesia is still recovering.
 
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