The other view… — There is a strong argument that matters of development, race and colonialism are inextricably linked. The early stages of what were seen as development assumed that western ways of thinking and doing things were the best and the most efficacious, thereby serving the remainder of the world. The concept of global North and South emerges from this distinction. “ Enlightment ideas of improvement, or making a more efficient and orderly use of land accompanied and legitimated colonial rule from at least the eighteenth century” (Hodge 2007). Potential colonial land was understood as fair quarry for expanding European empires where transformation could lead to development and progress. The late…

There can be no romance without a pinch of idealism because romance and reality were never best friends. But, idealistic minds are not only strong innovators when it comes to art. They are also creative when it comes to interpersonal relationships. …