Quote of the Day by Jomo Kenyatta highlights a historical truth about colonial expansion in Africa. Missionaries arrived with ...

This five-part series examines the politics of the Communist Party Marxist-Kenya, its defence of the Stalinist-Maoist theory ...

For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained ...

At the dawn of Kenya’s colonial era in 1902, consumption of home-made alcohol was deeply embedded in society. For instance, among the Mijikenda of coastal Kenya, palm wine was integral (p.290) to ...

Throughout history, empires have survived only as long as they could project their power. This power could be real or imagined, but it must be believable to its subjects. In 1942, the British Empire ...

What you need to know: Life. Shem Bageine’s memoir chronicles enterprise, politics and unbreakable resolve Shem Bageine’s memoir is the story of an extraordinary Ugandan whose life journey mirrors the ...

Aspiring lawyer Diamond Ash is using her research and writing talents to shed light on how the territory’s legal history impacts Virgin Islanders today, and she is working to inspire the younger ...

Coming to power having promised to rebuild the relationship between France and its former colonies, Emmanuel Macron had to face a series of crises, particularly in the Sahel region. In the ...

The French president (L) is in Kenya, where he is co-hosting the Africa Forward Summit alongside his Kenyan counterpart (R) Accused of neo-colonial meddling in many African countries where it has ...

In this analysis, we focus on the importance of culture through African languages in the construction of identity and community. Linguistic alienation, the expression of a colonization of the mind.