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Colonialism

Feb 2003Percentage of Jamaicans who say they would be "better off today" had Jamaica remained a British colony: 53
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Jamaica Observer (Kingston)

Aug 1998Chances that a Briton believes that Britain did more good than harm to its colonies: 3 in 5
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The Gallop Organization (New Maiden, U.K.)

November 19, 2006A 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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Yahoo! News

SEPTEMBER 2008

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