For centuries, the country now known as Iran was called Persia, a name taken from Persis. Within the country, however, its ...

BOTSWANA: THE history of labour migration in Botswana can be linked to the discovery of gold and diamonds in South Africa in ...

The use of airpower to try to subdue or at least curb Middle Easterners is, in fact, more than a century old. Ad Policy A Palestinian boy carries salvageable items amid the rubble of buildings ...

Northern Rhodesia, where blacks outnumber whites 31 to 1, has long been a bastion of rampant white supremacy among Britain’s African territories. For years African shoppers were not even allowed in ...

IN Kadoma, a unique architectural style known as "Misana Yenzou" tells a story of the city's complex past. Translating to "the back of an elephant," the name derives from the houses' distinctive ...

A few nations have been renamed since they achieved independence, typically in an effort to disavow colonial legacies, restore ancient identities, or suit changed political circumstances. Such ...

When you come across a role as rich as Nicola Fuller, the mother in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” and no one wants to make the movie, you may as well do it yourself. I imagine that was Embeth ...

IN southern Africa, townships were built as segregated urban zones for black people. They were created under colonial and white minority rule policies that controlled movement, confined opportunity, ...

The release of an album that retraces the soundtrack of one of the most protracted liberation struggles on the continent coincides with Africa Month and is a reminder of the huge role that music has ...

A vast and ever-diversifying continent, Africa has produced an unimaginable wealth of groundbreaking, inventive, and far too often overlooked music that has since spread throughout the world. Playing ...