South Africa grapples with a troubling hierarchy of foreignness, where African migrants are scapegoated for societal issues ...

As African leaders are demanding that former colonisers compensate for the wealth and power built through slavery, the French ...

Names hold great significance, often speaking to a country’s past and cultural identity. While many African countries were named by colonial powers, some have since reverted to names that better ...

Leaders at this year’s African Union summit have condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza and called for its immediate end. Kenyan writer and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola explains the long history of ...

Professor Fadhel Kaboub sheds light on the enduring impact of neo-colonialism in Africa, questioning whether the continent ...

Most British colonial governors ultimately reach the point where they stand by, erect and proud, as the Union Jack flutters down over some distant possession and the flag of independence is run up. As ...

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The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...

Regulators in South Africa have banned a TV commercial that depicts a black man discovering a foreign land in the 17th century and naming it Europe. Fast-food restaurant Chicken Licken on Friday was ...