Tag: colonial
Africa’s Mirror: The Complicity We Overlook
Africa betrays itself again and again. It is time to stop pointing the finger and take accountability (Imagined for FN) The reckoning Europe owes Africa ... Read More
Nigeria’s Civil Service: Is Free Enterprise the Fix?
Photo by Kelly Sikkema, Unsplash The Royal Roots of Nigeria’s Identity Africa is often referred to as the land of kings and queens, and for ... Read More
Kingdoms and Monuments: The Great Ruins (Zimbabwe)
Until 1905, the Colonial Government of Rhodesia denied the Great Ruins were built by black people (Image: Ekskurzii.com) Mystery and Majesty: The Great Zimbabwe Ruins ... Read More
Kingdoms and Monuments: Moro-Naba Palace, Wagadugu (Burkina Faso)
The ancestral entrance to the ancient seat of the Mossi people at Wagadugu is built in the Sudano-Sahelian style architecture (Photo by Kwaku Griffin: Pexels.) ... Read More
Defenders of the Motherland 2: King Manga Bell of Kamerun
At first, German-trained King Rudolf appeared to be the perfect colonial ally (Image: Gemini for FN) King Rudolf Manga Bell: The Martyr Who Defied Empire ... Read More
Defenders of the Motherland 1: King Kuma Mbappe of Kamerun
King Kuma Mbappe of Kamerun (Image: Gemini for FN) The Trial of an African King: How Germany Colonized Cameroon and Betrayed a Treaty How did ... Read More
Igbo Landing: America’s First Freedom March and Mass Suicide
These valiant Igbo men chose freedom and death by drowning instead of a life of slavery (Imagined by Gencraft)Igbo Landing: America's First Freedom MarchIn May ... Read More
You Don’t Get to Define Me! (Rejoinder to John Zibiri)
This article has been archived You Don’t Get to Define Me! A Rejoinder to John Zibiri Someone recently shared a frustrating article allegedly written by ... Read More
Jamaica’s Republican Shift: Ditching Britain 50 Years On
Image: David Petersen @Pixabay Jamaica Drops the Crown After 50 Years In January 2012, something bold happened in the Caribbean. Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson ... Read More
Colonial Language as a Weapon: Beating India’s Caste System
India's Dalits tend to be dark-skinned (Image: Rahuul Biishra @Unsplash How English Is Helping India’s Dalits Fight the Caste System I stepped off the metro ... Read More