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Outside the Racist Nostalgia Box: Rethinking Afrikan tähti’s Cultural Depictions
by Sabine Harrer and Outi Laiti Published September, 2023. Download full pdf of article here (TBC) Abstract While in recent years many European businesses have taken steps to alter their previously racist product designs, some games, especially board games like the popular Finnish Afrikan tähti (Star of Africa; Kuvataide, 1951), resist this trend. This raises… Continue reading
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