Part One: Colonial Africa -- 1. Introduction / Martin S. Shanguhyia and Toyin Falola -- 2. Colonialism and the African Environment / Martin S. Shanguhyia -- 3. Colonial Administrations and the ...

Donkeys entered Namibia’s central north relatively late, and only became common in the 1920s and 1930s. Their presence across ...

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 ...

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

In January, 2020, two young men from Lusanga, a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flew to New York. Cedart Tamasala had never been to the United States before; Mathieu Kasiama had, a ...

Slavery was a long-standing practice in Africa, with systems of servitude and slavery existing in many regions before the transatlantic slave trade emerged in the 16th century. In the same vein, ...

Africa has a complex history of kingdoms, colonies, and modern states that have risen and fallen over centuries. Borders were often redrawn due to colonization, wars, and political agreements, leading ...

Tavis Smiley speaks with Nora Martin, an actress with Historic Philadelphia Incorporated, who gives street performances as Clara Porter, an 18th Century freed woman. Martin says the experience has ...