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EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On …
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… those elsewhere-in Africa - and the people of any other colonial territory. "Colonial" living standards, deprivation of political rights … similar pattern…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… is obvious that the more acute grows the struggle of the colonial people in both Africa and Asia, Imperialism too will … cannot possibly be withdrawn anymore…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
PlaceCiskei
… that was applied to administer the area under British Colonial Rule . The Bunga, which was an advisory council, … the traditional inkundla (local assemblies)…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… sufferings of the non-European people under former German colonial Government, and in view of racial theories … the rule of the present exploiters and…
Rhodes Must Fall Exhibition: "Echoing Voices from Within"
… movement that is breaking down the psychological walls of colonial reasoning. See more at: …
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… to England. He was awarded the Prix de Journalisme Colonial award at Ghent, Belgium, in 1955, and Portugal …
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed Griqualand East in …
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… CONTENTS Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for …
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… study will also increase our understanding of Islam in Colonial South Africa. While South Africa’s Muslims are … His son Ismail, born in Durban in 1876, was…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… food deficits and have become net food importers. The post-colonial period has not changed this situation fundamentally. … wealth creation, to some extent,…
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… of Aden and the Indian Ocean, were occupied by the two colonial powers since the early 19th century. In 1956, in …
Ikwezi
… was seen as both a national and a class struggle against colonial and imperial domination. Ikwezi took a firm stand …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… Africa by Jeff Peires Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling Chapter 3 - What is …
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… quite unequivocally that the issue is one of a settler colonial power that has dispossessed an indigenous people of … characterisation firmly places both…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… by any means possible including fighting against marauding colonial armies in frontal wars of resistance; protest and … context of the era of ‘colonialism of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… new dimensions and raised severe manpower problems for the colonial regime and weakened its hold on Namibia. Never had … It was this grim assessment of the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… a widely felt need for a united struggle against colonial domination in Africa, Pixley Seme invited the … or whose forebears led the armies of resistance to…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… of Namibia. On this date is also commemorated the anti-colonial war against Germany in the figure of Samuel …
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… after abandoning his country and people in the middle of colonial occupation, killings and humiliation of its people …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… with Fenner Brockway (1888 - 1998) of the Movement for Colonial Freedom and Reverend Michael Scott of the Africa … for voting against UN clauses in relation…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… a non-tribal loyalty, a loyalty which was inherently anti-colonial and would in the course of time develop to become … Africa, under new historic conditions,…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… peak in the late nineteenth century. In South Africa, the colonial period began with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in … Model: This was essentially the…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… was Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, who believed that European colonial rule of Africa could be extinguished if Africans …
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… powerful Kabaka or king installed by the departing British Colonial government, Buganda was the most powerful province …
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch colonial policy after the government took over the VOC. …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… area was named Cato Manor, it was an extensive piece of colonial acreage awarded by royal decree to George …
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over …
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… the Germans were killed in the long German retreat. A colonial military campaign from 1923 to 1925 brought the …