Rhodesia’s War of Independence
The brutal war to maintain white supremacy in what is now Zimbabwe eventually led to the rule of Robert Mugabe.
Civil Rights
Black Families in the American Civil War
The newly-found voices of the slaves caught up in the American Civil War, and heard through letters to their families, are a testimony to their tenacity and unity in the struggle for emancipation.
Diamonds and Migrant Labour in South Africa, 1869-1910
The 'pass laws' and migrant labour of apartheid in South Africa today have their origins in the policies designed to control the black workers in the diamond mines a century ago.
The Maoris in New Zealand History
When the British and Maori signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Governor Hobson declared: 'We are one people'. Today, as Professor Keith Sinclair shows, this hope has still to be realised.