Tag: african history
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Germany on Friday formally recognized as “genocide” the crimes committed by its colonial troops at the beginning of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama people in what is… more ›
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Who was Rudolf Douala Manga Bell? Rudolf Douala Manga Bell (also spelled Duala) was born in 1873 in Douala. He was the grandson of King Ndumbe Lobe Bell — also… more ›
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KIGALI, Rwanda — In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena that felt more like a small-college gym, the NBA commissioner shot free throws with the president of Rwanda.… more ›
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When I visited my home country, Sudan, back in 2011, I began to notice a massive shift. https://medium.com/@taisalih/the-new-scramble-for-africa-land-acquisitions-modern-imperialism-and-the-role-of-the-uae-d8e4505f5fd6 more ›
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Plakkerskamp is a photo series that documents both the white squatter camps and white-only communities that have developed in South Africa. These images, taken around Pretoria and Johannesburg, represent a fraction of the estimated… more ›
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If the former colonizers of Togo saw the Palais de Lomé, the country’s first major art and culture park, they might have found it a “nightmare,” said Sonia Lawson, the… more ›
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For centuries Ferdinand Magellan has been accorded a rare privilege. The explorer’s name has been written in the stars. Two satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way, which sparkle conspicuously… more ›