Following the Second World War, colonial empires across the world began to face growing pressure from independence movements. France was no exception, as political activism and social change spread ...

Africa’s modern map tells a story centuries in the making, yet much of it was drawn by foreign powers with little regard for local realities. Straight lines carved across rivers, mountains, and ...

Two months after D-Day, an Allied force dominated by soldiers conscripted from French colonies swept into southern France. It’s a chapter of its history that France has long obscured. By Roger Cohen ...

After the Berlin Conference, Africans were artificially thrown together within colonially defined territories or divided by externally drawn borders. The sovereignty of centralised and non-centralised ...

Europe is re-evaluating its colonial past. Statues are being torn down, buildings are being renamed and African art on display in some of the most prestigious European institutions is finally making ...