February 26th marked the 140th anniversary of one of the most consequential events in the history of Western imperialism: the ...

In his book King Leopold’s Ghost, the historian Adam Hochschild ... “From the colonial era, the major legacy Europe left to Africa was not democracy as it is practiced today in countries ...

Dear critical reader, tragically, the world has, for the most part, ignored the devastating war in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo .

On the political front, King Leopold II exploited the Democratic Republic ... The Ideological Front: A colonial legacy Although ideological manipulation continued after African nations gained ...