Ethiopia and Liberia were the only African countries not under European control ... should be known as the second stage in the British Empire, as Britain gained 20 new colonies.

The Ashanti Empire founded in 1670 occupied what is now southern Ghana, a modern democracy. Still today, gold is everywhere, and it’s part of a period in African and European history that we ...

Today, 19 African countries remain part of the Commonwealth of Nations, which has a total of 56 member states across the world. Nearly all of them were once colonized by the British Empire in some ...

In 1912, the British Empire ruled over ... Just 22 countries have not been invaded by Britain: Andora, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Guatemala, Ivory Coast ...

One of the truly unforgettable heroes of the British empire to whom I was introduced ... no less than two African countries; Southern and Northern Rhodesia were named after him.