At what point does a craft spirit no longer qualify as craft? For centuries on the archipelago nation Cabo Verde off Africa’s west coast, farmers have produced a sugar cane-based craft spirit…
Tag: Colonialism
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies. As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction, or…
‘Wonka’ movie holds remnants of novel’s racist past
Several years ago, I made a visit to a local book sale and came across a rare 1964 edition of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Popular in its own right,…
Why some Indians want to change the country’s name to ‘Bharat’
When India invited delegates attending the G20 summit in September 2023 to dinner with “the President of Bharat,” rather than “the President of India,” it may have looked to the world like…