Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852 ? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th cent ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and Western Sahara, capturing key territories and besieging Spanish strongholds, ...

The following is an excerpt from a report entitled Minerals and Africa's Development, released by the United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union. For the full report visit ...

Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new edition of her mother’s autobiography recounting her fight for African ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

Jan. 27, 2025 The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on ...

“Most of North Africa was under colonial rule during World War II, with some countries even experiencing direct control at some point,” Saadoun began, referring to France’s control over ...

In 2005, a 35-mile long fissure took place in Ethiopia's desert, known as the East African Rift. It marked the start of a long process in which the African plate is splitting into two tectonic plates ...