In 1957 when the leaders of the former British colony of the Gold Coast ... the first black African nation to gain its independence from colonial rule they named their new country after ancient ...

Unlike Portugal which was determined to hang on to its colonies ... African Nationalists were increasingly vociferous in their demands for self rule. But it was not clear how to dismantle the ...

It seeks to provide an explanation of the conflicts which erupted in Africa after 1989 by developing a historical perspective from the pre-colonial period onward . It is essentially a political ...

He accused the French government of manipulating the economies of mainly former French colonies in Africa, which use a form of the pre-independence currency known as a CFA franc. "France is one of ...

Analysis - Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies about the withdrawal of its troops is an attempt to deceive the anti-imperialist ...

(MENAFN) French President Emmanuel macron faced backlash from several African nations after suggesting ... France's military presence in former colonies like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger has ...

With passage to the Colonies expensive ... servants demand for land. The colonial elite realized the problems of indentured servitude. Landowners turned to African slaves as a more profitable ...

and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." But it was a self-serving myth for German colonial administrators. Europeans had traded for centuries along the West African coast. It was known to ...

Fundamentally It seeks to provide an explanation of the conflicts which erupted in Africa after 1989 by developing a historical perspective from the pre-colonial period to the end of the Cold War.. It ...