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 ...

Gregory Luebbert Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1995. "In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African ...

Africa’s modern map tells a story centuries in the making, yet much of it was drawn by foreign powers with little regard for local realities. Straight lines carved across rivers, mountains, and ...

South African history is often simplified down to colonisation and apartheid. In truth, this is a restrictive view of the ...

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...

A new book explores the country’s history, from world famous rock art to colonial genocide and the struggle for freedom.

Most of what you think you know is wrong. What was the relationship between Christian missions and European colonialism in West Africa? For decades Western and African historians have agreed on an ...

A new exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum focuses on fashion from Africa. The exhibit's curator says it's a way for the museum to acknowledge its colonial legacy. London's Victoria and ...

Bula Matari and the contemporary African crisis -- On the state -- The nature and genesis of the colonial state -- Constructing Bula Matari -- The colonial state institutionalized -- Toward African ...