The colonisation of Africa by European powers provoked an enormous amount of resistance from different quarters - both rulers and people - all over the continent. British colonial rule was less ...

Africa has a very long and varied history, and it contains some of the oldest civilisations and countries in the world. The first kingdom for which there is documentary evidence on the continent ...

accelerating European colonial expansion in what is known as the Scramble for Africa. This violent process redrew Africa’s borders, fractured ethnic, cultural, and linguistic landscapes ...

The cake represents the continent of Africa. It is being divided up and given to other European countries ... During the colonial period English was in some cases forced on the indigenous ...

The retreat, which comes amid increasing budget pressure and political upheaval in Paris, is another sign that France’s ...