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Africa: Business, Borders and Bloodshed - Undoing the Berlin Conference's Economic and Political Legacies
Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...
Middle East Eye3h
France and Algeria rocked by ‘most serious’ diplomatic crisis since end of colonial rule
Rightward shift of the French political class and persistence of ‘colonial unconscious’ are contributing to mounting tensions ...
The South African on MSN2h
Six of South Africa’s most historic streets and their stories
South Africa’s streets are more than just roads; they are pathways through the country’s complex and layered history. From ...
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In Africa, the Race for Critical Minerals Is Recreating Colonial Models
Most colonial economies in Africa were extractive in a straightforward sense. Raw materials like copper, gold, rubber and ...
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Visual retelling of Thiaroye massacre sheds new light on French colonial atrocity
French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in Thiaroye, in the suburbs of ...
The Africa Report7d
Andrée Blouin, forgotten icon of Africa’s anti‑colonial movement
In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...
Al Jazeera on MSN16d
The colonial partition that keeps Cameroon split along ‘artificial lines’
A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.
Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to ...
CNBC Africa2d
Reparatory Justice and Africa’s Emancipation
John Conyers—the longest-serving African-American member of Congress in history—first introduced the “Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for the African-Americans Act,” or United ...
AllAfrica.com29d
Africa: Rectifying Historical Wrongs Through Reparation
This year, African leaders face significant challenges as they gather to identify and implement strategies that will address the historical injustices stemming from the colonial era. The scars of ...
World Politics Review7d
In Africa, the Race for Critical Minerals Is Recreating Colonial Models
Most colonial economies in Africa were extractive in a straightforward sense. Raw materials like copper, gold, rubber and timber were extracted and shipped to Europe to support the economies of ...