People in Africa were burdened by colonial perceptions of who they were. The British believed Africans were essentially different from Europeans and would stay that way. This point of view invited ...

The colonisation of Africa by European powers provoked an enormous amount of resistance from different quarters - both rulers and people - all over the continent. British colonial rule was less ...

British colonisation also had significant economic impacts on Africa, the effects of which can still be felt today. The British exploited many of their African colonies for natural resources ...

Cricket's widespread popularity across the globe is deeply rooted in the history of British colonialism. As the British ...

The colonisation of Africa by European powers provoked an enormous ... Kumasi was ransacked by the British in 1874 and the Asantehene (King Prempeh) was fined. Listen to a British Officer's ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial ... 5000 African captives annually. By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships.

Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister “Until the ... the broader stand of African people against encroaching colonialism. Africa must indeed honour the warriors who fought with indefatigable ...

The Queen's experience of colonial Africa had been even more direct two ... His poorly armed tribesmen had embarrassingly defeated the British in the area since called Natal, and the British ...

Nigel Biggar on ‘Colonialism Revisited: Did the British Empire Promote Human Welfare ... But isn’t it the case that African people wouldn’t have moved to the Caribbean en masse ...

Frank Chikane, a veteran of the African National Congress (ANC), argues ... it is a period of colonialism where Europe could do anything they like in the world. "They had their own democracies ...