Orientalism

How Do We Decolonise Journalism?

It is our place as journalists to lead the way in challenging oppressive social and political structures - here’s how to do it

Published on: 14 Mar, 2023
Foreign Funding and Orientalism: On the Need for an "Organic Journalist"

When many North African countries achieved their independence, nationalists began to repeat a sentence of great importance: Colonization will leave out the door, only to come back through the window. The sentence has proved to be prescient, as colonization has come back through the gateway of media, with an orientalist view that detaches reality from its cultural, and socio-political contexts.

Published on: 28 Feb, 2021