Analysis - 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

“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 ...

“Longstanding resentment towards former colonial powers in francophone African countries has been shaped by a history of oppressive rule and disregard for local populations,” he wrot ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to "reset" France's relationship with its former African colonies appear to be faltering. Seven years after coming to power with promises of reform, a ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed ... the government says. It replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, which placed an obligation on the state to pay owners it ...

This year, the promotion of inclusive and sustainable growth in Africa is once again a major conversation topic at the gathering. Yet when it comes to Africa’s development, we too often mistake ...

It is safe to say acephalous village societies were the commonest political culture in pre-colonial Nigeria ... and the afterlife was part of the African cosmology. Masquerade cults sometimes ...