Sir: The history of Africa is a tale of exploitation, from the transatlantic slave trade that saw millions of Africans forcibly removed from their homelands to the Western capitals that continues to ...

Explore how Africa’s colonial borders still shape politics, conflicts, and identities across the continent today.

For the first time, an event dedicated to Belgian colonialism is being held in Baku, bringing together representatives, ...

Conservative commentator Candace Owens said the British colonization of Africa "ended up being a net positive" while defending the royal family amid revived criticism over their role in English ...

The author, Dr. Timo Särkkä works as a Senior Researcher at the Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The research was conducted in collaboration with the Division of ...

Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's segregationist ideology has a lasting impact on America and Liberia. On December 21, 1816, a ...

Leaders at this year’s African Union summit have condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza and called for its immediate end. Kenyan writer and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola explains the long history of ...

The dominant perception of early photography from West Africa is that it was taken through a colonizing lens. Of Europeans in the mid-19th century spreading through the arteries of the region, new ...

As people around the world mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, her death has incited academics and writers to debate her role in "continued colonialism" in Africa. Britain's longest-reigning monarch ...

The colonization of South Africa is a long and often brutal contest of power that involves entire groups of people as they clashed for control over land, identity, and freedom at the southern point of ...

Queen Elizabeth II’s death has garnered a spectrum of feelings around the world about her life, legacy and the monarchy. When she took the throne in 1952, more than a quarter of the world's population ...