Greenland's youth question colonial past in wake of Black Lives Matter

The statue of Hans Egede is seen after being vandalized in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Mortensen

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - In Greenland, 21-year-old hip-hop artist Josef Tarrak-Petrussen is the tattooed face of the local Black Lives Matter movement, and his music of anti-colonial protest is striking a deep chord with younger generations seeking to rewrite their history.

The Black Lives Matter protests, which have inspired people all over the world to expose and condemn injustice and past oppression, have inflamed old tensions in Greenland with former colonial power Denmark and prompted calls for the removal of a statue of an 18th century coloniser.