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Historical readings on African events from African scholars and experts.
Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution
By Eleanor Scerri* Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as...
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Survey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history
By Benjamin Roberts*, Gregory Houston*, Jare Struwig*, & Steven Gordon* The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates...
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Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History
By Adebayo Olukoshi, Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Aishu Balaji & Anita Nayar In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa,...
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New find reveals grim truth of colonial Belgium’s ‘human zoos’
By Daniel Boffey Two names stand out from the yellowing cemetery register: Sabo and Bitio, 24 and 20 years old, Described...
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Why history matters in understanding conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
By Gillian Mathys*, & Judith Verweijen* An intense debate about the rural commune, or district, of Minembwe in South Kivu province in the...
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