History is contentious. It is happening now. To ignore that fact and react with shock when such installations are met with violence seems short-sighted at best, and sinister at worst. Continue reading Statues, hero worship and contentious pasts: Can Kenya save us from the seemingly inevitable culture war?

The Winston Churchill statue debate has reopened wider discussions on the morality of British Imperialism. Continue reading The British Empire cannot be disentangled from Scientific Racism