In colonial Lagos, one Yoruba Oba dared to speak when silence was expected. His name was Oba Eshugbayi Eleko, a king whose ...

To explore the colonial impact on the Indian economy ... were chiefly fought with the revenues of our Indian empire — but in pursuance of a British policy, with which the interests of India were but ...

Alhassan Dantata is the father of the late Aminu Dantata and the founder of the Dantata business dynasty. He is also the great-grandfather of Aliko Dangote.The late Alhassan was a philanthropist and ...

A caste-based enumeration carried out in Marwar kingdom in 1664 – for the purpose of tax documentation – influenced colonial ...

With Great Eastern Hotel, Ruchir Joshi has written not the Great Indian Novel, but something stranger and more necessary: a ...

Did you know Queen Victoria once adopted an Indian princess? Her name was Victoria Gowramma — the daughter of the last king of Coorg. Taken to England, baptized, and raised under the Queen’s watchful ...

The Rise and fall of the British Empire by James, Lawrence, 1943-Publication date 1997 Topics Decolonization, Great Britain -- Colonies -- History, Commonwealth countries -- History Publisher New York ...

On Wednesday, June 25 morning, Kenyans woke up to a striking and chilling sight: Parliament and the road to State House — the symbolic heart of the republic — had been barricaded with coils of barbed ...

The Biennial balances global perspectives with local voices proving the city remains a crossroads where art, history and lived experience collide.

Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan ...

The author reflects on their experiences with Nigerian English and how English has been adapted in former British colonies.

America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through ...