Colonialism

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Feb 2003	Percentage of Jamaicans who say they would be "better off today" had Jamaica remained a British colony: 53	Harper's Index Source: Jamaica Observer (Kingston)
Aug 1998	Chances that a Briton believes that Britain did more good than harm to its colonies: 3 in 5	Harper's Index Source: The Gallop Organization (New Maiden, U.K.)

November 19, 2006

A Danish artist named Kristian von Hornsleth was giving animals to Ugandan villagers who agreed to take his name. “Africans adopting European names for gifts—that's nothing new,” said George Sabadu Hornsleth, who received a pig. “We've been doing that since colonial times. Why do you think I'm called George?”

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