Africa

Roland Quinault examines the career, speeches and writings of Churchill for evidence as to whether or not he was racist and patronizing to black peoples.

On November 1st, 1954, an insurrection broke out in Algeria.

The first-ever parliament of the Sudan was opened by the British governor-general, Sir Robert Howe, on January 1st, 1954.

Martin Evans introduces a new series on the painful past.

The taking of Kano by the West African Frontier Force, on February 3rd 1903, signalled the end of the Muslim fundamentalist Fulani empire in northern Nigeria.

Andrew Ross reconsiders the reputation – both contemporary and historical – of the Scottish missionary and explorer.

Angela V. John looks at the uncomfortably long and close links between slavery and the cocoa trade.

Sebastian Balfour recalls the use and effects of chemical warfare during, and after, the early decades of the twentieth century.