Christmas pudding is a relatively recent concoction of two older, at least medieval, dishes. The first was a runny porridge ...

Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor citizens are ...

On June 13, 1959, the Watha hunter Galogalo Kafonde surrendered himself to colonial Kenya’s “Field Force,” Africa’s first ...

South African artist Tyla has been one of Africa's most prominent figures over the past year, closing 2024 as she began ...

Analysis - Zimbabwe is on the cusp of abolishing the death penalty after its Death Penalty Abolition Bill was approved by the Senate on December 12. The bill is now sitting on the desk of Zimbabwe's ...

Death penalty experts Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar explain the route to abolition in Zimbabwe for The Conversation Weekly ...

Happy holidays! As we do at the end of each year, The Review asked a dozen of our contributors to recommend scholarly books that thrilled, surprised, challenged, and delighted them. This year the ...

Exhibitions at Tate Modern, British Museum, Foundling Museum, Serpentine and London Museum Docklands featuring Picasso Prints ...

Analysts warn that President-elect Trump's proposed 100% tariffs on BRICS nations could lead to significant economic ...

Sudan's civil war has drawn extensive foreign involvement, complicating peace efforts and deepening the humanitarian crisis.

The Truth About Empire. Real Histories of British Colonialism, Hurst, 2024, £25. Reviewed by Corinne Fowler The Truth about ...

South Africa became independent as the Union of South Africa in 1910. Its capitals are Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.