The Puritans who ended up on your side of the Atlantic, you know, they were escaping religious persecution, but they were British. You know, the 13 colonies were a distinct phase of British colonialism. SANGHERA: Yeah, I mean, America likes to think of itself as anti-colonial, but America itself is a creation of the British Empire. readers, which says - if I might paraphrase - just because you guys rebelled against the British Empire in 1776 doesn't mean the story doesn't apply to you. SIMON: You've got an opening chapter added for and addressing U.S. Sathnam Sanghera joins us now from London. His new book, "Empireland," has been acclaimed in Britain and just published in the United States. Author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera believes that Britain and the rest of the world should learn more of it. A lot of history - Indian, British, African, empire - is packed into that one sentence. The prime minister of Britain, Rishi Sunak, was born in Southampton to Hindu parents of Indian Punjabi descent who were born in Southeast Africa and immigrated to Britain.
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