German East Africa after the First World War
The peoples of Germany's African colonies recovered from the conflict against all the odds.
Africa
Kroomen: Black Slaver Hunters
Fiercely independent, highly skilled sailors, the Kroomen of Sierra Leone forged an alliance with the Royal Navy to rid the African coasts of slavers.
Biafra 50 Years On
The civil war that resulted from the division of Nigeria was a major human disaster that should not be forgotten.
Revolt in Madagascar
In 1947, fraught Anglo-French relations came to a head in the crucible of the Indian Ocean with the outbreak of Madagascar’s Malagasy Uprising.
Botswana after Independence
Since gaining independence Botswana’s history has not not been without turmoil, but the country has emerged as a model African state.
The Ben Barka Affair
After the kidnapping of Moroccan revolutionary Mehdi Ben Barka in 1965, the fingers of blame pointed in several directions. The details of what happened are still not known.
Out of Jail in Ghana
A photograph of a released political prisoner prompts Roger Hudson to survey Ghana’s postcolonial history.
Cadbury’s Congo Mission
Seconded to central Africa following the outbreak of the Second World War, John Cadbury became a master of logistics in one of the world’s toughest environments, as David Birmingham reveals.
The Conference on African Peoples
A multiracial community of activists began organising public meetings and rallies in the 1930s, paving the way for the Pan-African Congress of 1945.
France in Rhodesia: A Secret History of African Decolonisation
Rhodesia’s white minority declared unilateral independence from the UK in 1965, gaining covert support from France, Britain’s colonial rival in Africa.