Roger Casement’s Heart of Darkness
The grim reality underlying Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness echoed the growing moral outrage over the murderous rubber trade. For Roger Casement, it became a moral crusade.
Africa
Ghana's Slave Castles
Ghana's slaving past, long regarded as too sensitive to even discuss, is now becoming a lively issue. A group of Ghanaians, led by lawyers and tribal chiefs, have convened an Africa-wide meeting to seek 'retribution and compensation for the crime of slavery’.
Steaming Through Africa
In 1898 a French expedition struggled from the mouth of the Congo to southern Sudan, only to have their plans thwarted by the British. Sarah Searight revisits the Fashoda incident.
Diary of a Liberal Pioneer
David Garner looks at 19th century Africa through the diaries of James Butler
La Lutte Continue ...? Contemporary History and Algeria
The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.
Dr Livingstone Reconsidered
A reflection on the life of Dr Livingstone in an attempt to revel the true story behind the legend
Ghana's Crumbling Heritage
Graham Norton looks at dilapidated forts and castles in West Africa
The Cyrene Apollo
Peter Higgs looks at how a monumental Hellenistic statue sheds light on culture, religion and identity in Roman North Africa.
Algeria: Thirty Years On
Martin Evans looks at the aftermath of the struggle for Algerian independence from France.
Decolonisation in British Africa
Anthony Kirk-Greene looks at the remarkably rapid 'end of empire' of Britain in Africa, and argues that perspective and objectivity can now yield a useful stocktaking.