Africa

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?

A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda by Derek R. Peterson looks for the ordinary people who kept the regime’s wheels turning.

The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide by Howard W. French traces the line between civil rights in the US and decolonisation in Africa.

A strong anti-graft sentiment runs throughout Ghana’s history, as its leaders have sometimes discovered the hard way.

King Lewanika’s invitation to the coronation of Edward VII was intended to stabilise British relations with the Barotse nation. Instead, it exposed the cracks in the imperial veneer.

The Bandung Conference brought together post-colonial nations from Asia and Africa in the hope of forging a new solidarity. Could such disparate countries overcome their inherent differences?

The Battle of Tondibi, which resulted in the defeat of the Songhay army, took place on 13 March 1591.

Rhodesia’s ill-fated independence, 55 years on.