Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of images, words ...

Since the Cold War, competition between foreign powers for influence in Africa has spurred a great debate. With a focus on ...

When African countries gained independence from their colonial rulers, they faced many changes. One of the most important changes for many countries was switching from the colonial currency to their ...

In the brief history of African decolonisation, it was a watershed year. Seventeen African territories won their independence from their European colonial masters that year. These ranged from Nigeria ...

The new domain : architecture at the time of liberation / Manuel Herz -- Ghana -- Architecture after independence / Hannah Le Roux -- Senegal -- Henri Chomette : Africa as a terrain of architectural ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump dismantles the post-1945 liberal international order, some analysts insist that the disruption could be positive for countries that have found themselves on the ...

He rebelled against efforts to force African ways of thinking into the European worldview. His thoughts had the effect of a bomb in African intellectual life. By Adam Nossiter Paulin Hountondji, a ...