In 1825, a tax collector compiling a census in South Africa’s Cape Colony paused to write a poem in the margin of his work.

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

"This exhibition reveals that the young Brontës fictionalised real-life colonial battles, British explorers, missionaries and Asante warriors. It identifies their source material and traces the ...

For the Kikuyu people, the largest ethnic group in Kenya, land is identity, explained journalist Bea Wangondu in her ...

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years ...

There are calls to change the name of a province in South Africa. The last time a province's name changed was over 20 years ...

When you think of all of the unique products that come from Florida, do you think of a color that falls somewhere between ...

Historian and lawyer, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, has commended President John Dramani Mahama for boldly raising the issue of ...

Like any other continent, Africa has a large number of countries that, for one reason or another, have vanished from the globe. Here are several examples of African nations that no longer exist.

In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – ...

Recent developments ( Isreal Recognition of Republic of Somaliland) suggest a shift toward more flexible engagement models ...