anti-colonialist
adjective
an·ti-co·lo·nial·ist
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-list 
-nyə-list,
ˌan-tī-
: anti-colonial
an anti-colonialist campaign
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According to common depictions of his family’s dynamic, Mamdani inherited his leftist political ideology from his father, the anti-colonialist Columbia professor, and his dimpled charm and flair for the theatrical from his filmmaker mother.
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Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Odd Slice Films is handling international sales on the film, which is about an African anti-colonialist leader.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Hesse regarded his cinematography as a way to release to the world a true and anti-colonialist depiction of Africa.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2025
Special shops opened up where goods unavailable to the general population were sold only in U.S. dollars, and suddenly a revolution that had billed itself as an anti-colonialist, socialist, egalitarian movement, was restructuring itself around the power of money and acquisition.
—Jane Ciabattari
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Liberation movements, American Jews and Zionism Into the 1960s, as mainstream Jewish leaders emphasized the urgency of Jewish unity on Israel and Zionism and showed growing intolerance for dissent, anti-colonialist activists gained momentum across the world.
—Marjorie N. Feld, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
The novels include anti-colonialist narratives and challenges to imperial power structures.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Odd Slice Films is handling international sales on the film, which is about an African anti-colonialist leader.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Hesse regarded his cinematography as a way to release to the world a true and anti-colonialist depiction of Africa.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2025
Special shops opened up where goods unavailable to the general population were sold only in U.S. dollars, and suddenly a revolution that had billed itself as an anti-colonialist, socialist, egalitarian movement, was restructuring itself around the power of money and acquisition.
—Jane Ciabattari
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Liberation movements, American Jews and Zionism Into the 1960s, as mainstream Jewish leaders emphasized the urgency of Jewish unity on Israel and Zionism and showed growing intolerance for dissent, anti-colonialist activists gained momentum across the world.
—Marjorie N. Feld, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
The novels include anti-colonialist narratives and challenges to imperial power structures.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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