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Earlier this decade, a broader trend toward democracy in the region appeared to be gaining ground, as old post-colonial rulers were pushed out and younger, technocratic leaders took their place.
African Polls Show Volatile Democracy John James 2010
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In the 58 years of post-colonial history there have only been two.
Will Stebbins: Dumber Than Mubarak? Will Stebbins 2011
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Just when you thought, finally, the era of post-colonial posturing was coming to an end, the Tories appear to have no other way of characterising international co-operation.
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According to her biography and resume, she is a native of Scotland who has studied 20th century British Literature and post-colonial literature of India, Africa and Britain.
Md. murder suspect taught college writing Dan Morse 2010
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Mokhtar Ghambou is professor of post-colonial studies at Yale University.
Sufism as youth culture in Morocco; under attack in Iran; counterpart of Islamic extremism 2009
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It should be pointed out, before accusations of post-colonial arrogance dominate my inbox, that such surreal conversations take place worldwide.
What now for Indian cricket in the post-Lalit Modi era? David Hopps 2010
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But while these are significant achievements—especially rare among post-colonial states—there's also a glass half-empty aspect.
India Needs a Tea Party Sadanand Dhume 2011
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It is founded on a post-colonial client relationship that is being broken apart not only by the large new donors, but by the proliferation of smaller-scale south-south co-operation that is demonstrating new ways for countries to support one another's development.
The OECD should give up control of the aid agenda | Jonathan Glennie 2011
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Like a couple in a terrible relationship, who think that having a child will save the marriage, or a gambler who thinks he can recoup his losses by staking everything on one spin of the wheel, they believe that the promise of bringing the electoral system of post-colonial Papua New Guinea to Britain will spare them from the consequences of economic folly.
We need electoral reform, not this Liberal fudge Nick Cohen 2010
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It wasn't a great triumph, but six years later his next novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker prize and ushered in an era of intercontinental post-colonial literature.
Salman Rushdie: a literary giant still beset by bigots | profile 2012
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