Lateral colonialism: exploring modalities of engagement in decolonial politics from the periphery

This article contributes to an understanding of how the world outside Global North is complicit in visibility politics that render spaces harm relevant or irrelevant reproduction racism. Extending insights from decolonial theorising, we examine colonial matrix produces ongoing legacies violence and racism through case Cyprus. As a peripheral location, Cyprus has been invisible this story yet had role distribution mitigation institution what call lateral colonialism. Through concept, explore peoples otherwise situated purview these violences (non-colonisers non-Blacks) were also enveloped them. The Cypriots Africa helps delineate three modalities involvement: governmental, entrepreneurial religious. Lateral colonialism, argue, indispensable linking possibilities global political agenda. paper re-scripts into Cypriot histories Cyprus-qua-periphery narrative. In double sense, colonialism excavates connections have forgottern obscured.