Contrary to many historical narratives, pre-colonial African countries did have sophisticated diplomatic traditions. The Igbo ...

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 ...

The pre-colonial African landscape was a rich tapestry of ... conveniently ignoring the enduring impacts of colonial rule and the ongoing economic exploitation of the continent.

Economic incentives ... Nor should we turn to imagined histories of Africa's pre-colonial past to somehow 'Make Africa Great Again'. These types of efforts risk all too quickly sliding into ...

social and economic aspects. It often uses case studies from the British Empire in Africa and the Belgian Empire but ‘other empires are available’ as the saying goes. Topics covered include ...