Place names, along with other urban symbols, were used as a tool of control over space in many African countries during the colonial period. This strategy was epitomised by the British, who applied it ...

Older Kenyans who lived through the British colonial period want an apology and reparations. Younger Kenyans want an acknowledgment of more recent alleged abuses by British companies and troops. By ...

While some in Africa paid tribute to the deceased monarch, others stressed Britain’s violent colonial history on the continent. By Abdi Latif Dahir Lynsey Chutel and Elian Peltier NAIROBI, Kenya — ...