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A research project from a University of Colorado Boulder professor could help trace the path of African cultures that came to the Americas through slave ships, as well as provide more answers on ge… ...
Arbitrary boundaries were drawn on maps to separate European colonies in Africa. Most of those lines drawn on a Berlin Conference table between 1884 and 1885 are still in place today - with deadly ...
The wave of Independence across Africa in the 1950s and 1960s brought to the end around 75 years of colonial rule by Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and -- until World War I -- Germany.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are finally ready to accept a border demarcation by an independent panel, set up under accords ending a 1998-2000 war over economic and border issues that killed 70 000 people ...
It’s an “equal-area” map, borrowed from the work of 19th century Scotsman James Gall, which means it accurately scales land according to surface area, creating a far more balanced reflection of what ...
Legacy of Africa's colonial past can be seen in anti-LGBTQ+ laws and discrimination in some nations but others embrace new rights ...
In Africa, Colonial-Era Statues Began Coming Down Decades Ago. June 16, 2020 4:03 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Eyder Peralta ...