Similarly, the Yoruba in West Africa maintained a governance structure that balanced power among rulers, councils, and religious institutions. Colonial powers systematically dismantled these systems.

For centuries, Africa was cast as a supplier of raw materials, a market for finished goods, and a source of cheap labour, while its people were denied the benefits of industrialisation and ...

At times, and many times, he got entangled in the web of ethnic and national discourses that have always shaped post-colonial African nations. By the time of his passing this week, the esteemed ...

which was associated with progress and a break from the colonial past. Across Africa, some national assemblies were constructed early and were part of the nationalization process that preceded ...

For France and its former African colonies, this has led to bruised egos and impulsive actions that defy accountability. To understand the depth of France’s roots in Africa, reference has to be ...

Colonial-era wigs have long been associated with foreign dominance in African legal systems. However, according to The African Dream, President Traoré stressed in his proclamation the need to ...

The colonial-era wigs, long seen as symbols of external control in African judicial systems, will now be replaced with traditions rooted in local culture. With Traoré’s decision, Burkina Faso ...

The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. Apartheid, dismantled in the 1990s, left a deep-seeded legacy of land inequality after centuries of policies pushed ...

7, but the latest had little to do with the United States. Instead, it addressed South Africa, freezing aid to the country among other measures over its government’s alleged “egregious actions.” ...