This process became known as the ‘Scramble for Africa’. However, historians have recently started to refer to the events as the ‘Partition of Africa’ or the ‘Conquest of Africa’.

By Professor Douglas BOATENG Echoes of history – lessons yet to embraceThose who fail to learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. Africa, a continent rich in resources, continues ...

Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...

Mineworkers in South Africa, the world’s largest producer of manganese, complain of memory loss and other neurological ills Men work at the Manganese Metal Co.’s refinery in Mbombela ...

14-41 (28 pages) This article highlights the significance of imperial relations in shaping competing transnational interests in Africa as a site for land and natural resource extraction. Accounts of ...

Over the past few years, Africa has increasingly become one of the stages for geo-economic competition among major economic blocs. Some analysts described this phenomenon as a “new scramble for ...