colonial ties
Empire's lingering connections
Colonial ties are the lasting connections between a former colonial power and its former colonies—economic relationships, shared language, legal systems, migration patterns, and diplomatic links that persist after independence.
Britain maintains colonial ties with Commonwealth nations; France with Francophone Africa.
The phrase often carries critical weight, implying continued exploitation or dependence: The country struggles to break free of colonial ties.
- empireDomain under unified control
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
- dominionAuthority to rule
commonwealth · mother country · motherland · annexation · protectorate · subjugation · exploitation · trade · trade routes · rubber · spices · missionaries · partition · crown · occupation · resistance · plantation · cash crops
- US-UK relationsspecial relationship, transatlantic alliance, shared history, NATO alliance
- Afro-PortugueseAngolans, Mozambicans, Lusophone Africa, Lisbon, Creole
- Maghreb DiasporaAlgeria, Algerians, Morocco, Moroccans, Tunisia
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- Moorish SpainAl-Andalus, Reconquista, Alhambra, Granada, Seville
colonial tiesnational sovereignty
State's ultimate governing power
independence · self-determination · self-governance · autonomy · self-rule
colonial tiesequal partnership
Arrangement where both contribute alike
mutual cooperation · peer relationships · voluntary association · free association
colonial tiesdecolonization
Ending imperial control
independence movement · national liberation · liberation · emancipation · breaking free
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