Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 ...

When African countries gained independence from their colonial rulers, they faced many changes. One of the most important changes for many countries was switching from the colonial currency to their ...

The film "Continent of Africa: Land Below the Sahara" explores the complex history and geography of Africa, particularly focusing on the impact of European colonization and the subsequent rise of ...

Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of images, words ...

Juneteenth is widely celebrated within the United States, marking the day that freedom reached all slaves in Confederate states during the American Civil War. Ultimately, chattel slavery was outlawed ...

In the brief history of African decolonisation, it was a watershed year. Seventeen African territories won their independence from their European colonial masters that year. These ranged from Nigeria ...

AFA copy 39088019757921 is a gift from Janet Stanley. "'Congo Style' presents a postcolonial approach to discussing the visual culture of two now-notorious regimes: King Leopold II's Congo Colony and ...

Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino. —Julius Nyerere (1961) The aspirations that accompanied African independence ...