Ghana: The First Sub Saharan Nation to Gain Independence
Ghana’s independence on March 6, 1957 marked a turning [...]
The Year of Africa (1960): Seventeen Nations Rise
The year 1960 stands as one of the most [...]
The Road to Decolonization: How Africa Broke Free
The decolonization of Africa was one of the most [...]
The Ashanti Resistance: Defiance Against British Expansion
The Ashanti Kingdom, centered in present day Ghana, was [...]
Trade Markets – The Trans Saharan
The Trans‑Saharan trade was a medieval network of camel‑caravan [...]
The Kingdom of Swaziland – Now Eswatini
In 2018, the Kingdom of Swaziland, one of the world’s [...]
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...
