Churchill and Black Africa
Roland Quinault examines the career, speeches and writings of Churchill for evidence as to whether or not he was racist and patronizing to black peoples.
Africa
Insurrection in Algeria
On November 1st, 1954, an insurrection broke out in Algeria.
Opening of the Sudanese Parliament
The first-ever parliament of the Sudan was opened by the British governor-general, Sir Robert Howe, on January 1st, 1954.
Coming to Terms with the Past: Transition, History and Human Rights
Martin Evans introduces a new series on the painful past.
The Fall of Kano
The taking of Kano by the West African Frontier Force, on February 3rd 1903, signalled the end of the Muslim fundamentalist Fulani empire in northern Nigeria.
Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
Andrew Ross reconsiders the reputation – both contemporary and historical – of the Scottish missionary and explorer.
A New Slavery?
Angela V. John looks at the uncomfortably long and close links between slavery and the cocoa trade.
Chemical Warfare in the 1920s & 30s
Sebastian Balfour recalls the use and effects of chemical warfare during, and after, the early decades of the twentieth century.
Slavery and the British
James Walvin reviews current ideas about the vast network of slavery that shaped British and world history for more than two centuries.
W.T. Stead's Controversial Visit to South Africa, 1904
'Frankly I am ashamed of being a Briton for the treatment we have meted out to the Boers as revealed by you and so justly condemned in your pages’ - John Burns to W. T. Stead.