The University of Chicago Chronicle

In pre-colonial Africa, political decentralization was by design

A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy Pre-colonial African societies have long been seen ...
The Conversation

Looting of African heritage: a powerful new book explores the damage done by colonial theft

European colonisation of Africa was not only about armed conquest, massacres and the exploitation of resources. It was also about the appropriation of spiritual and political symbols. It led to the ...
The Conversation

Belgium’s AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past – it’s making slow progress in confronting this history

Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as “savage” and “wild”. Narratives of a “continent without ...
LGBTQ Nation

These 5 stories show that queerness was a part of pre-colonial Africa

Beneath the dust of colonial archives lies another Africa—one painted in ochre and song, where healers crossed gender and love itself remade the world. Long before Victorian law or missionary decree, ...
Human Rights Watch

Africans and People of African Descent Call on Europe to Reckon with Their Colonial Legacies

(Berlin, November 18, 2024) – Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin ...
Radio France Internationale

Macron champions African investment and backs restitution of colonial artefacts

Speaking at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, aimed at renewing France’s engagement with the African continent, French President Emmanuel Macron urged investment in Africa and put forward France’s ...