Decolonial Sweden

Decolonial Sweden exposes the social and political relevance of European colonialism to Sweden and its place in the world. This book is an essential read for Post- and Decolonial scholars and students of Critical Race Studies, Africana Studies, International Relations, Global Development, and Political Science.

Michael McEachrane is a 2024 Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program and a 2024-2025 Racial Justice Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center. He is also Member and Rapporteur of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Visiting Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights in Sweden and External Affiliate of the Sarah Remond Parker Centre for the Study of Racism at the University College London. His research is in the areas of Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Black European Studies, Critical Race Studies, Human Rights, and the Philosophy of Psychology.

Louis Faye is a cultural entrepreneur, writer and photographer. Born in Berlin and raised in Senegal and Morocco, he is the founding Director of the cultural association Diggante--which during the 1990s and 2000s helped introduce a postcolonial and diasporic consciousness to Sweden through cultural events, tours, and bringing such postcolonial luminaries to Sweden as V.Y. Mudimbe, Gayatri Spivak, Paul Gilroy, and Angela Davis.