The global BLM movement : public memorials and neo-decolonisation?

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology::Societies; Country and Region Studies; Religion in Contemporary Society
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143774
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The toppling of the statue of a slave trader in the UK during the BLM protests raises wider global questions about past “heroes” and their memorials, an issue which has resonances across not just Europe and America but also the globe including Singapore.