African nations were intensifying efforts to file a joint reparation claim against the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and other former colonial powers for ...

African leaders convened in Algiers on Sunday for the Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa. This conference is another step in the African Union's (AU) plan of action to advance justice ...

Most of what you think you know is wrong. What was the relationship between Christian missions and European colonialism in West Africa? For decades Western and African historians have agreed on an ...

In a historic move, African leaders are advancing plans to file a joint reparation claim against the United Kingdom for ...

We acknowledge, with profound sorrow, that all African peoples suffered, under colonial rule, the violation of their fundamental rights, the erasure of their cultures, languages, identities, and the ...

In doing so we systematically document for the first time the extent to which Africa was politically decentralized, calculating that in 1880 there were probably 45,000 independent polities which were ...

Tanzania has thrown its weight behind a growing continental campaign demanding reparations from former colonial powers, following a landmark meeting of African officials and legal experts in Algiers.

In the wake of the G20 summit’s controversies, South Africa grapples with the implications of shifting US hegemony, ...

Many today believe the era of colonialism in Africa is over. They’re wrong. The era of colonialism in Africa has merely entered a new and insidious phase. Some call it “neo-colonialism.” I call it ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...