Neocolonialism
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Neocolonialism is the control by a state over another nominally independent state through indirect means. The term neocolonialism was first used after World War II to refer to the continuing dependenc
Kwame Nkrumah (pictured on a Soviet postage stamp), president of Ghana (1960–1966), coined the term "neocolonialism".
People in Brisbane protesting Australia's claim on East Timorese oil, in May 2017
Russian mercenaries standing guard near an armored vehicle in the Central African Republic
Colonialism
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Colonialism is the practice of extending and maintaining political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a territory and its people by another people in pursuit of interests defined in an of
Neocolonialism
…take the form of economic imperialism, cultural imperialism and conditional aid to influence or control a developing country, instead of the previous colonial methods of direct military control or indirect political control (hegemony). Neocolonialism differs from standard globalisation and development aid in that it…
A 1665 illustration of a Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, depicting various elements of colonialism, including its hierarchies and impact on the colonized and their lands
The East Offering its Riches to Britannia, painted by Spiridione Roma for the boardroom of the British East India Company
Dutch family in Java, 1927
Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, c. 1820