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In Tanzania, Kising'a farmer Bonnie Lelunga has been performing traditional Hehe music, exploring the country's fraught, colonial history.

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The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.

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Fans of the literary saga A Song of Ice and Fire (or its television adaptation, Game of Thrones) will remember that “Valyrian ...