To the East India Company and the British ... The map has just about every empire represented: the Carnatic, with its Nawab, is a huge presence, and huddled against the coast are the colonial ...

The people in the colonies of the British Empire, they started to demand greater ... Have a look at a map to see where it is. You can see that it is a shortcut because it allows ships to travel ...

Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...

A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.

Known as al Nakba or “the catastrophe”. The Haj explains why: indigenous people not eradicated, become forced "migrants" in ...

The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...

March is Women’s History Month, a time dedicated to recognising the achievements and contributions of women across different ...

Tanjuh, whose family says she is about 120 years old, is one of the last living witnesses to European colonial ... up the Ottoman Empire after WWI) and negotiated with British delegate Lancelot ...

In Africa, however, colonial legacies remain deeply ... As historian Philip Stern writes in Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations that Built British Colonialism, corporate colonialism did not ...

From Montevideo to Manila, we shine a light on cities around the globe with an unexpected collection of art deco buildings as ...

The fact that a routine diplomatic meeting unraveled into an event that reshaped the global order shocked many but has historical precedent. In numerous past incidents, what began as a trivial ...