France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

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Amid parliamentary deadlock, the politics of remembrance has gained momentum in France. Three new initiatives attempt to recognize and heal historical injustices — at least symbolically.

In particular, the French colonial empire, spanning Africa and Southeast Asia, saw a significant expansion of hevea plantations at the expense of primary forests.

From anti-protest legislation to moral policing and land dispossession, the legal relics of the colonial empire still reinforce authoritarianism and elite control decades after independence.

The economy of Haiti, once the jewel of the French colonial empire and then the world's leading exporter of coffee and sugarcane, has since been severely weakened.

Caught on camera: French cinema finally reckons with its colonial past In recent years, a new generation of filmmakers has emerged to bring stories linked with colonialism to the screen.

Behind modern Cinco de Mayo celebrations is the 1862 Battle of Puebla, a Mexican triumph over French colonial forces.