European powers were slow to realize the benefits of grabbing African territories, but once the mad rush to claim land started in 1876, the continent was quickly — and at times brutally — overrun. By ...

Below left: The exhibition includes this version of a 1541 woodcut map by German geographer Martin Waldseemüller taken from Ptolemy's "Geographia." It shows the southern tip of Africa, along with ...

Africa`s last colony gained its independence Wednesday as white-ruled South Africa surrendered its long dominion over the territory of Namibia. Cheers went up at the independence ceremony at ...