Colonialism: Colonialism is the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

Post Colonialism: The academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonised people and their lands.

Diaspora: A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

Bame: A term long used to refer to black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the UK.

Double consciousness (Gilroy): A term explaining the internal conflict experienced by subordinated groups in an oppressive society.

Cultural absolution/ racial essentialism: The idea that psychological phenomena, eg honesty and intelligence do not differ from culture to culture.

Cultural syncretism: The distinct aspects of different cultures in which blend together to make something unique.

Orientalism (SAID): Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world (could be in a stereotyped way).

Appropriation: Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them.

Cultural Hegemony: In Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the domination of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who manipulate the culture of that society.

The public sphere (Habermas): Public sphere, according to Habermas, is a democracy approach in which different groups of people coming together to share their opinion towards social and political issues (Lubenow, 2012).