Arts & Style

Rwanda

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands […]

Nigeria

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

British influence and control over what would become Nigeria and Africa’s most populous country grew through the 19th century. A series of constitutions after World […]

Niger

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to […]

Namibia

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when […]

Mozambique

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, […]

Morocco

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

n 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, a series of Moroccan Muslim dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the […]

Mauritius

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th century and […]

Mauritania

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Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 but relinquished it after three […]

Mali

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly […]