In honour of Walter Sisulu, we reflect on Africa's enduring struggles for freedom and the lessons from the Berlin Conference ...

Beginning in the 1880s, European nations took over African countries for their coveted natural resources and raw materials. They set up colonies that lasted until decolonization.

The name “Africa” goes back to ancient empires, foreign tongues, and colonial maps. But its true origin might surprise you. Mitch McConnell warns of "big setback" for Republicans 5 Childhood ...

Books Received Published: 12 June 1937 Flora of West Tropical Africa Nature 139, 985 (1937) Cite this article ...

This lack of ownership is not just technical it is geopolitical. The colonial map was redrawn with borders to control land and resources. Today, the digital map is coded in algorithms to harvest ...

Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery.

Now, she said, some 70 years after independence from colonial masters, is the time to press for change. “We live in a world where size is often equated with power,” Ogundairo said, adding that the ...

The General History of Africa (GHA) is a pioneering corpus, unparalleled in its ambition to cover the history of the entire African continent, since the appearance of human beings to contemporary ...

Analysis - Africa has 38 coastal and island nations. Their maritime industries - including energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing - play a crucial role in developing these nations.

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world’s second largest continent. The map, shared on ...

The massacre at Thiaroye took place on 1 December, 1944, when French colonial troops opened fire on West African soldiers who had just returned from Europe, where they had been fighting for France ...