Gregory Luebbert Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1995. "In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, Europe's major powers — Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain — engaged in a fierce struggle for supremacy through African colonization. This ...

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few decades, ...

(Berlin, November 14, 2024) – European governments have yet to reckon with and meaningfully address the ongoing impacts of their colonial legacies affecting people of African descent on the African ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Colonization Society's mission was to relocate freed Black Americans to Africa. Starting in 1820, thousands of Black ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

These days, you can’t avoid seeing pictures from your friends’ vacations on Instagram or Facebook, but not so long ago, the most common way to see the world was on a postcard. From the late 19th ...

The unexplained removal of a Berlin marker commemorating the 1884–85 Berlin Conference — where European powers partitioned Africa — has sparked international concern. Scholars and advocacy groups warn ...