Kirsty Coventry, the Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ...

EMPIRE, which already has big presences in West Africa and North Africa, is expanding into South Africa with a new office in ...

The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.

Teaching world history often feels like trying to pour the ocean into a teacup. Its vast scope and complexity can overwhelm both students and educators, reducing the subject to a fragmented parade of ...

Interestingly, its legendary king is often regarded as the wealthiest person in history, with an estimated fortune of around ...

“The appeal of Russia’s ‘anti-colonial’ narrative lies in its usefulness to societies and ruling elites across Eurasia and ...

African billionaires' collective wealth rose by $900 million to $82.4 billion in 2025, with the men like Aliko Dangote, and ...

When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

An essay on how Gauteng has become a battleground for political power and competing interests. What it means for the future.

Mary Wanja left behind the familiar to follow love and business opportunity—now she's supplying premium meats to an entire island while balancing motherhood and ambition.

The old world is dying, and the new one is struggling to be born. Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist philosopher and political theorist, famously wrote in his Prison Notebooks, “The old world is ...

The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff was looking for stories that spoke to a Welsh audience at the time and representatives ...