Colonial Africa – Struggles & Resistance
The Somali Dervish Movement: Faith, Resistance, and the Fight
The Somali Dervish Movement was one of the longest [...]
The Ashanti Resistance: Defiance Against British Expansion
The Ashanti Kingdom, centered in present day Ghana, was [...]
Cecil Rhodes: Empire, Ideology, and His Lasting Impact on Africa
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate, politician, [...]
Leopold II of Belgium and the Congo Free State
King Leopold II of Belgium engineered one of the most [...]
Rebellions: The Aba Women’s War (1929)
The Aba Women’s War of 1929 was one of the [...]
Rebellions: The Mau Mau Uprising Rebellion
The Mau Mau Rebellion (c. 1952–1960) was a major anti [...]
Rebellions: The Maji Maji and The Herero Genocide
Colonial rule in Africa provoked a spectrum of resistance—from localized [...]
The Portuguese Probe West Africa – A Timeline
From the early fifteenth century, Portugal led European exploration along [...]
Colonial Administrative Systems in Africa
The gold and salt economy of medieval West Africa refers to the extensive network of trade routes linking savannah kingdoms...
The Partition of Africa and the Berlin Conference
The gold and salt economy of medieval West Africa refers to the extensive network of trade routes linking savannah kingdoms...
