Preface: "Brushing history against the grain"
Apprenticeship (1857-1926). The heroic process ; Was India really colonized? ; The heist of the century ; Berlin 1885, the internationalization of European imperialism ; Filling skulls ; The growth of the "colonial sciences" ; Alice in Leopold land ; "Every Herero will be shot": the forgotten genocide ; Mohun Bagan's revenge ; Sports in the colonies: imperialism or cultural globalization? ; World War I: the black force ; The time for rebellion is at hand ; A woman insurgent ; The woman's war ; The pariah's conscience ; Paris, capital of anticolonialism ; Public enemy number one ; Abd el-Krim, a model for revolutionaries worldwide
Liberation (1927-1954). The indigenous internationale ; The civilizing mission in theory and practice ; The stronger sex ; "Being able to say no": the unstoppable power of disobedience ; From Hong Kong with love ; Secret agents working toward decolonization ; The battle over caste ; Subhas Chandra Bose: a founding father of modern-day India ; Determined to write ; Colonization without colonists? ; Breaking away ; 1947: forgotten independences ; Wambui's oath ; The Mau Mau rebellion as seen by others ; Endgame ; A decisive battle: turning the tables on the colonists
The world is ours (1956-present). The antidote ; "We want to be free, viva l'Algerie!" ; The shooting star ; "Africa, unite!" ; Capital of the revolution ; The new man is Zairian! ; The betrayal ; They dreamed of a different world ; The new world order ; Getting to food independence ; The battle of Southall ; Respect: the Talbot automotive strike (1982-1983) ; Once upon a time in Nollywood ; Decolonizing thought ; The last battle ; The empire strikes back.
