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Ruins of a French Colonial Ghost Town

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The luxury French resort of a different variety … Photo source: Flick User An Agent   Like a giant tombstone at the top of a hill prevailing over the dense tropical Cambodian jungle, here lies the remains of French colonial history. Yet another testimony to Europe’s once sinister use of imperialist power, Bokor Hill Station [...]

The African Women who dress like Victorians

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Photo by Jim Naughten We’ve already met the Sapeurs, a subculture of extraordinarily dressed male dandies from the Congo who wear expensive tailored suits, elegantly smoke on their pipes and stroll their war-torn slums in immaculate footwear… Now it’s time to meet the women with a flair for western fashion of another era… In the south [...]

UNCOVERED: The Haunting ‘Human Zoo’ of Paris

Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale

In the furthest corner of the Vincennes woods of Paris, lies the remains of what was once a public exhibition to promote French colonialism over 100 years ago and what we can only refer to today as the equivalent of a human zoo. In 1907, six different villages were built in the Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale, representing all [...]



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