The ghost of the colonial cartographer: Breaking man-made border shackles in the Global South

Colonialism’s most enduring and invisible legacy extends far beyond resource extraction and economic subjugation.

It lies in an artificial border system forcibly imposed on the Global South, one that disregards indigenous ethnic bonds, cultural textures and traditional governance structures.

 For over a century, these externally drawn lines have fractured societies and stifled independent development.

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