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February 2025 | Vol. III — Colonial Resistance
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Resistance Leaders · West Africa

Queen Nzinga: The Woman Who Held Back an Empire for Four Decades

Long before the word "resistance" became fashionable, Nzinga Mbande of Ndongo fought the Portuguese at every turn — diplomatically, militarily, and spiritually — from 1624 until her death at 81.

8 min read February 14, 2025
Hidden Battles · South Asia

The Sepoy Uprising the British Renamed a "Mutiny"

India's 1857 rebellion was a coordinated war of independence — systematically reframed by empire as a mutiny to delegitimise it.

11 min read February 8, 2025
Women of History

Nanny of the Maroons: Jamaica's Warrior Queen

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Cultural Erasure

How the British Museum Stole the Benin Bronzes

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Hidden Battles · Pacific

The Māori Wars: Resistance at the Edge of the World

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The Mau Mau Uprising:
Kenya's War for Land and Freedom

For years, British authorities classified documents detailing the systematic torture and detention of Kenyan freedom fighters. This is the story that colonial archives tried to bury — and why it still matters today.

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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty. The Mau Mau did not begin with violence — they began with a petition. Empire answered with detention camps.

— Dedan Kimathi, Mau Mau Commander, 1954
Across the Centuries

A Timeline of Resistance

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1780
Túpac Amaru II leads the largest indigenous uprising in Peruvian history
South America
1804
Haiti becomes the first Black republic after defeating Napoleon's army
Caribbean
1857
India's First War of Independence — branded a "Mutiny" by the British
South Asia
1896
Ethiopia defeats Italy at Adwa — the only African nation to repel a European coloniser
East Africa
1952
Mau Mau uprising begins in Kenya — a decade-long war for land and freedom
East Africa
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