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November 16, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The Great Purge That Shaped Truman’s Presidency

by Durga Velayudham When Harry S. Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945, it was not simply as Roosevelt’s successor: it was as the man left in the wake of FDR’s

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Renaming Africa: Is ‘Africa’ a Racial Slur?

Who named Africa and what does the name mean? The name Africa was given to the continent by European exploiters, slavers and colonists who first arrived as traders and explorers in the 1300s. “Africa” is believed to be taken from the Greek aphrike, meaning without

August 30, 2024

The Great Purge That Shaped Truman’s Presidency

November 16, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

by Durga Velayudham When Harry S. Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945, it was not simply as Roosevelt’s successor: it was as the man left in the wake of FDR’s

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Renaming Africa: Is ‘Africa’ a Racial Slur?

August 30, 2024
History

Who named Africa and what does the name mean? The name Africa was given to the continent by European exploiters, slavers and colonists who first arrived as traders and explorers in the 1300s. “Africa”

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