Founded as a French colonial settlement in the 17th century, Saint-Louis was urbanised in the mid-19th century. It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and ...

What are Colonial-style homes? Let's go over the history, the types of colonial homes from Georgian to Revival, and the dos ...

People in Africa were burdened by colonial perceptions of who they were. The British believed Africans were essentially different from Europeans and would stay that way. This point of view invited ...

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click image for close-up Painted in 1840 during a time when slavery was still legal in French colonies, The Slave Trade by Auguste-Francois Biard is a strong statement against the institution.

In recent years, the scars left by colonialism have continued to shape political, cultural, and social landscapes around the ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

Niger earlier suspended cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone Nations, calling it a tool of Paris ...