COLONIALISM – the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

POST COLONIALISM – Postcolonialism is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.

DIASPORA – A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

BAME – BAME is a term long used in the UK to refer to black, Asian and minority ethnic people.

DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS (GILROY) – a history book about a distinct black Atlantic culture that incorporated elements from African, American, British, and Caribbean cultures. Written by paul gilroy 

CULTURAL ABSOLUTISM / RACIAL ESSENTIALISM – Cultural Absolutism is the idea that there are certain principles and sets of values that are objectively right or wrong in every context. Racial essentialism is as a belief in a genetic or biological essence that defines all members of a racial category 

CULTURAL SYNCRETISM – Cultural syncretism is when distinct aspects of different cultures blend together to make something new and unique. 

ORIENTALISM (SAID) – Orientalism is a book by Edward W. Said, in which the author developed the idea of “Orientalism” to define the West’s historically patronizing representations of “The East”

APPROPRIATION – is the adoption of an element or elements of one culture by members of another culture.

CULTURAL HEGEMONY – 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) – the public sphere is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action.