African colonialism Stories

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: This is what they had to say
The Conversation  |  Jun 08, 2025

Together, these songs, stories, and testimonies reveal a practice of knowledge extraction in POW camps, yet they also provide deeper insights and refl...

Pope Francis: Why his papacy mattered for Africa and for the world's poor and margnalised
The Conversation  |  Apr 23, 2025

The reforms of Pope Francis could be termed a movement – from a church of a few where priests and bishops, and the pope call the shots, to a church of...

Reclaiming narratives: African storytelling as a path to justice and reparations
Global Voices  |  Jan 28, 2025

Writers like Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have been acclaimed worldwide, setting African stories on the stage within global literary cir...

White malice: How the CIA strangled African independence at birth
The Conversation  |  Dec 08, 2024

The US’s obsessive anti-communism, which escalated in the era of Senator Joseph McCarthy, at times took lethal forms when governments or leaders were...

Looting of African Heritage: Powerful new book explores damage done by colonial theft
The Conversation  |  Sep 07, 2024

Looting art in times of wars was not new. What made European colonial looting distinctive, though, was that the loot-filled a specific institution, th...

Museveni chides World Bank, urges audit of intentions behind loans
Amina Wako  |  Apr 30, 2024

Museveni accused the bank of emphasising profit-driven agendas and prioritising loans for seminars at the expense of Africa's development.

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