Take a look at our alt. Decoloniality reading list featuring vital books on race, indigenous politics, postcolonialism and decolonization.

Decolonizing Methodologies
Research and Indigenous Peoples
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Second Edition

An essential text that critically examines the basis of Western research, and the positioning of the indigenous as ‘Other’.

‘A landmark in the process not only of decolonizing methodology, but of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge and ways of knowing.’
Walter Mignolo, Duke University

Debating Cultural Hybridity
Multicultural Identities and the Politics of Anti-Racism
Edited by Pnina Werbner and Tariq Modood
With a Foreword by Homi K. Bhabha

A classic collection on the fluid nature of culture and identity from some of the world’s greatest post-colonial thinkers.

‘It is marvellous to see this early collection of classic insightful articles on hybridity published again, with new introductions.’
Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara

Can Non-Europeans Think?
Hamid Dabashi
With a Foreword by Walter Mignolo

A unique, challenging and thought-provoking collection of historical and theoretical reflections on current affairs.

‘These are pieces to wrestle with, to think about, to discuss and debate. Reading Dabashi is like going for an extended coffee with a very smart friend.’
Vijay Prashad, author of The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South

Decolonizing Solidarity
Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles
Clare Land
With a Foreword by Gary Foley

An essential work to be read by all non-Indigenous scholars and activists seeking solidarity with Indigenous struggles across the world

‘Excellent… The book is written in a way that is accessible to a range of allies outside academic circles and speaks to real case studies.’
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, author of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

The Politics of Indigeneity
Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism
Ed. Sita Venkateswar and Emma Hughes

Explores the concept of indigeneity across the world and how it intersects with local, national and international social and political realities.

‘A bold and a challenging book. Multi layered and thought provoking it constantly forces the reader to re-engage and recalibrate, re-think and re-articulate assumptions and notions about many things including, importantly, indigeneity itself – a must read!’
Pankaj Sekhsaria, author of Troubled Islands and editor of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve Dossier

Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization
Social Movements and Critical Perspectives
Ed. Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor

Examines the ways in which social movements in the Global South are rejecting the prevailing narratives of globalization and providing new ways of imagining social change.

‘Offers a significant new perspective on the generation of alternative knowledges in local encounters of global processes.’
Philip McMichael, Cornell University