Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, whenever people have moved from one place to another, they have colonised spaces ...

Between 1952 and 1963, Kenya experienced one of the most violent chapters in its modern history. The Mau Mau uprising, rooted ...

European colonialism, which methodically extracted wealth from Africa until the system’s collapse in the last century, has been replaced by climate colonialism that stifles the economic development ...

Older Kenyans who lived through the British colonial period want an apology and reparations. Younger Kenyans want an acknowledgment of more recent alleged abuses by British companies and troops. By ...

Itohan I. Osayimwese is the author of “Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage.” (Photo by Christian Scully / Design Imaging Studios) This is your first of three ...

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 ...

NAIROBI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain's tarnished colonial past took centre stage in Kenya on Tuesday as King Charles began a four-day state visit,poised to acknowledge "painful aspects" of the ...

At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new ...

Sir: The history of Africa is a tale of exploitation, from the transatlantic slave trade that saw millions of Africans forcibly removed from their homelands to the Western capitals that continues to ...

There is a common saying that alludes to the idea that, if you are to understand the reasons behind a systemic problem in society, one must simply look towards white supremacy. Unfortunately, this ...

Beneath the dust of colonial archives lies another Africa—one painted in ochre and song, where healers crossed gender and love itself remade the world. Long before Victorian law or missionary decree, ...