By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer In West Africa in the 1960s, the literary scene in the newly independent nations stretching ...

Until gaining independence, the Sahell nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been among the poorest countries in Africa. They were known as French West Africa, having been colonized during the ...

“The wind of change is blowing through this continent,” declared British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the Ghanaian capital Accra in 1960. “Whether we like it or not, this growth of national ...

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 ...

For decades, Africa has been teeming with foreign military personnel, with more than a dozen countries known to have deployments and bases on the continent. A key area of interest for foreign powers, ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Father Stan Chu Ilo is no stranger to the late Pope Francis. The Coordinating Servant of the Pan African Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) also worked closely with the ...

The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat has received critical success through it’s focus on an international incident, a relationship between developing countries in a ...

The vast majority of Nigerians after the amalgamation in 1914 continued to live their lives as before without noticeable change traceable to the imposition of colonial rule. The most noticeable ...

In a rapidly fracturing world, regional integration could be a source of resilience for the African continent. They persist to this day. Based on my research over more than three decades of work on ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has dismissed the argument that colonialism is responsible for Africa’s poverty, backing a social media post that challenged the long-standing narrative.Musk made ...

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 Across the continent, outdated ...