In many African societies today, there is a curious preoccupation with colonial names—both personal and geographical. To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben ...

These African countries kept their colonial names after independence just like Nigeria The way colonialism works is colonisers named the countries they ‘discovered’. While some countries changed their ...

The recent proposed renaming of Bukit St. Paul (St. Paul’s Hill) in Malacca to Bukit Melaka is one example. Supporters of the change claim it restores the hill’s original pre-colonial identity.

In February, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the removal of the slur “sq—” from over 660 geographic place names around the country. The agency, which is bypassing state renaming ...