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EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Cetshwayo's ruled the Zulu nation at a time when British colonial penetration of the South African hinterland was gaining momentum. Successive British…
Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied … causes of tension was between wanting to be…
Griqua community
… Free State province. The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied … causes of tension was between wanting…
PlaceRwanda
… in World War I Rwanda became absorbed into the Belgian colonial empire as part of a mandate from the League of Nations (later United Nations). The Belgian…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… He was well-known for his Arab nationalist and anti-colonial foreign policy. He is still seen by many throughout … of his policies were a response to…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… battle marked Herero resistance against expanding German colonial rule and land grab. The Herero people are pastoral people who store cattle as wealth. Since…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the attention of colonial authorities as one of the rising stars of Rhodesia's … African nationalist movements…
PlaceCuylerville
… Thomas WAKEFORD. Settler Handbook Content: No. 33 on the Colonial Department list, led by John Bailie of 7 Manchester … War Claims Commission. Bailie was…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… in cities and mines became one of the only ways to pay colonial taxes and survive. With the hardening of White … War thwarted their hopes © unknown Since…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… in cities and mines became one of the only ways to pay colonial taxes and survive. With the hardening of White … War thwarted their hopes © unknown Since…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… I am interested in the role of NGOs in Africa and pre-colonial and apartheid history of women. I like traveling, … in History at McGill University. My…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… sent him to prison for discipline. He thrice reported to colonial authorities the ill treatment he received from his … was never able to cut itself off from…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… the people of Tanzania along the road of independence from colonial domination. The proud banner of independence was … difficulties imposed on the Tanzanian…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… the people of Tanzania along the road of independence from colonial domination. The proud banner of independence was … difficulties imposed on the Tanzanian…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… just been opened to the fact that the received wisdom from colonial sources could be challenged and the myths, which …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… used this extensive area as a burial ground for the colonial underclass, including slaves, servants, sailors, …
ArticleWorld War I
… involved in the War were imperial powers with large colonial territories in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. …
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… fashion. We know the theoretical importance given to the colonial movement, and I will not speak of that at the … great mistake.5 The fighting strength after…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… initiator of a major "advancement" in the visual arts in colonial South Africa, is today largely forgotten by the … its role in the broadest terms; as one…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… South African Indian Community with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association. 4 February, … Manilal Gandhi, S.L. Singh and P.R…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… weaponry. Questions we will pose include; how has the colonial state employed photographic imagery to construct and … The beginning of chapter one will…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… the emergence of various of nationalism across the colonial world through the process of colonization and … of Berlin to solve disputes and Africa’s…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who is regarded as a loyal … federation conference in 1876. He also…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… policies toward the Congolese. Atrocities committed by colonial officials in the Congo were circulated in Europe, … be the most graphic account of the…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… general secretary. The aim of the KCA was to address the colonial challenges faced by the Kikuyu. In 1929, Kenyatta … He was later linked to the Mau-Mau…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… The first is the complexity of the South African pre-colonial past. The second is the length of time that South … thousand years ago. The third is the way in…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… that the full gamut of South African History - from pre-colonial through to post-Apartheid - has been tackled in one …
PlaceChad
… later gained its independence in 1960. It was the French colonial period which saw the formation of Chad as a nation state [v] . Post-colonial Chad was…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… South Africa continued to have good relations with white colonial governments in Angola and Mozambique in the hope … government in a coup in Lisbon led to…