A research project from a University of Colorado Boulder professor could help trace the path of African cultures that came to the Americas through slave ships, as well as provide more answers on ge… ...

It’s an “equal-area” map, borrowed from the work of 19th century Scotsman James Gall, which means it accurately scales land according to surface area, creating a far more balanced reflection of what ...

Although post-colonial nationalism has taken root in some countries, it has not, overall, provided the political cohesion to obviate the need for periodic boundary adjustments in light of prevailing ...

In this sense, post-colonial states reproduced a core feature of colonial rule: in the absence of a strong state, maintaining political stability depended on a combination of coercion and co-option.

Scholars hear echoes of this current social movement in Africa, where citizens have been taking down colonial-era monuments for several years. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports.

Images of survivors of the Herero genocide foreshadowed similar scenes from the liberation of Nazi death camps Wikimedia Commons This story was co-produced with Latterly As a teenager in the 1960s ...

The impact of colonial rule on sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the subject of intense debate and controversy. Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure igniting a furore by ...