Global South Spotlight: 70 years of Bandung – unity in a divided world

The writer Léopold Sédar Senghor described it as a gigantic "nut lift" or as "the greatest thunderstorm in history since the Renaissance." The Bandung conference, which is commemorated this year as the 70th anniversary, was a major turning point in contemporary history, marking the end of the former colonial order and announcing the entry of the ex-colonized countries of Africa and Asia into the arena of the world.

Global South Spotlight: 70 years of Bandung – unity in a divided world

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the historic Bandung Conference, where 29 newly independent Asian and African countries met in Indonesia to call for unity and cooperation in the developing world. Zhou Enlai's unscripted speech at the 1955 gathering

Dear friends and friends, Greetings from the offices of the Tricontinental Institute of Social Research. In the last days of March I was in Xiong’an, the new Chinese city located less than two hours from Beijing by car. This city, currently under construction to decongest the capital, will also be a center to house women and men engaged in the development of China’s new quality productive forces. The project aims to become a neuralgic node for u…

70 years ago, the Bandung Conference was held from 18 to 24 April 1955, a decisive step towards the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).