Sentence examples for colonial means from inspiring English sources

Colonial means would serve post-colonial ends.

If "colonial" means that the British were superior beings, born to treat foreigners as pets, then again Kipling denounced the notion: he saw that other people trusted the British, and held that such trust was not to be abused, as it was by "Georgie Porgie".

For Mr Aouli, the failure to confront such aspects of its colonial history means France is still struggling to comprehend past errors of foreign policy and its own history of institutional racism.

To get a sense of what this new wave of colonial nostalgia means in 2015, I talk to Paul Gilroy, professor of social theory at LSE and author of Postcolonial Melancholia.

However, the term's colonial association means it would be unlikely to be endorsed by the jihadists.

To millions of readers, he conveyed what colonial oppression meant – in the language of the oppressor.

Liberation from colonial rule meant little to him if the liberated peoples did not embody a higher morality of justice and compassion.

"In the beginning, the presidents staying at Rashtrapati Bhavan were grappling with what living in a colonial palace meant in the context of a sovereign, democratic nation," said Yashaswini Chandra, the documentation project manager.

Being colonial subjects meant that they all belonged to people considered uncivilized, naturally in need of education and guidance from Europe, namely France.

In each case, the same questions who should govern, with what power, with what aims, and for how long have to be answered afresh.Post-colonial sensitivities mean that single states are no longer appointed as carers, and that a permanent transitional system cannot be developed.

"Calling something a colonial appears to mean it has four walls and a peaked roof," he said.