The 1950s, 60s and 70s were a heady time for Africa, as the continent broke free from the shackles of colonialism after more than a century of formal European rule following the 1884-5 Berlin Conference. Leaders in the vanguard, such Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, whose…
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Mired in electoral setbacks and corruption scandals, Namibia’s liberation movement is quickly losing ground. Â
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Angolan Joăo Lourenço largely proved critics wrong after coming to power as only the country’s second post-civil war leader in 2017.
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Corruption, patronage and bad governance have betrayed Zimbabwe’s liberation victory.
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Based on its current service delivery record, mediocre at best, and its divided trajectory…
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Forty years ago, the Matola raid (January 1981) resulted in the massacre of 15 African National Congress (ANC) freedom fighters by apartheid forces…
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With no end in sight to President Paul Biya’s iron grip on power, new resistance groups are springing up in Cameroon.
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When Toto became a republic in 1961Â Togo became a republic, its citizens hoped this signalled an era of stability for the country…
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A nexus between power, politics and the military Literature is awash with research on the militarisation of the state…
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Women’s memories of food offer insights into Mozambique’s liberation struggle.
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In 2002, the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the ruling party in Kenya since independence from Great Britain in 1963…
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After years of armed struggle to compete for power, Africa has ended up with a post-liberation legacy…
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