As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting
in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” …

Do elections turn people into democratic citizens? Elections have long been seen as a way
to foster democracy, development and security in Africa, with many hoping that the secret …

The Slave Coast, situated in what is now the West African state of Benin, was the epicentre
of the Atlantic Slave Trade. But it was also an inhospitable, surf-ridden coastline, subject to …

One of the innovative aspects of the mandates system of the League of Nations, the
oversight regime applied to the former German and Ottoman territories seized by the Allied …

The enforced removal of individuals has long been a political tool used by African states to
create generations of asylum seekers, refugees, and fugitives. Historians often present such …

Abstract The African campaigns of First World War should be thought of as more than
'sideshows.'Rather, historians should research local, ordinary African experiences of the war …

" Taken together, reciprocity, commonality and preference make for a sense of moral virtue
that is rooted in privileged relationships between those who share some form of collective …

The issue of 'alien'voters in Ghana's electoral politics since the return to multiparty
democracy in 1992 points to tensions between local/ethnic identities in culturally …

After World War Two a new internationalism was fuelled by human rights discourses and
increasing anticolonial agitation in Africa and beyond. As part of this, the newly established …

The rich and nuanced literature on African intermediaries has shed new light on the colonial
encounter from the perspective of African interlocutors, but has often neglected to study …