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In Suite101's African History section you can find articles about:
- African History from the Original Settlers of Liberia to the Ghana Empires.
-Indigenous African History from the famous African Kingdoms to Cultures centered on Gold.
-Modern African History of Shaka Zulu to Ox-Wagon Transport in Southern Africa
-African Independence
-Modern African History from the Congo-Brazzaville to the origins of Kwanzaa.
Africa's rich written history begins during the Egyptian Civilization. The challenge of documenting Africa's history is that there are periods of time that were not written down. Suite101's African History will help you understand Africa and get to know it as we do. There is much to love there and of course so much to learn.
South Africa – Zimbabwe Relations under Mbeki
Throughout the difficult years of Zimbabwe's power struggle, South African President Thabo Mbeki insisted on a "silent diplomacy" towards Mugabe. more...
How Zimbabwe Left the Commonwealth
The "Harare Declaration" made Zimbabwe the pivot of Commonwealth diplomacy in Africa in the 1990s. How and why then did Mugabe walk Zimbabwe out of the Commonweath? more...
African Responses to Zimbabwe's Land Crisis
Mugabe's land reforms have helped to create friends and enemies for him within Africa. This alliance system is manifested at both bilateral and multilateral levels. more...
Female Laborers in Tole Tea Plantation, Cameroon
Women have played the most significant role in the success of the Tole Tea Estate. They have, however, have exposed to wanton exploitation because of illiteracy. more...
Death of Omar Bongo, the Message for Africa
The death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo offers cautionary lessons to African leaders that they will one day be judged by history if not by their own people. more...
The Plantation Economy of German Kamerun
The plantation economy of German Kamerun brought about wage slavery, a precedence which was followed even after the Germans were driven from the territory after 1916. more...
A Discourse on African Socialism
After independence many African leaders embraced socialism as a political ideology and identity. What has become of this concept in the 21st century? more...
China Explains and Defends Africa Ties
China's silence over Africa came to an end when the West threatened to frustrate Beijing's Olympic ambitions. After the Games, however, China stopped explaining itself. more...
All feature articles in African History
All contributors in African History
The Story of the Ancient Coptic Language
By: Susan Huebert
Arabic and the Ethnic Languages of Egypt
By: Susan Huebert
From Eurocentrism to Afrocentrism
Identifying the Ethnicity of the Moors
By: Dolores Bundy
Organization of The Afrikaner Broederbond
By: Andrew Meeres
All contributing articles in African History