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PlaceCentral African Republic
… (1928–31) , was a widespread, though unsuccessful, anti-colonial uprising in the western and southwestern parts of … villages where they could be supervised…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… was implemented in the Southern Colonies during Colonial Times. The five Southern Colonies that introduced … became the biggest of all the trade exports…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… women: a way to escape from some of the constraints of pre-Christian society and yet a firm incorporation into the … long been dominated by ministers' wives…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… is attending the first diploma course for blacks in pre-school education in the Western Cape and is doing well. … of their home but Maria was adamant about…
Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
… destitution of our peoples that is the heritage of colonial and imperialist domination and the continuing … the full realisation of the objectives of the ECA…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… They have even known mass graves. In their march from colonial domination to independence they have had to stop by … this graveside here today because the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… what was called the religious welfare of Britain's richest colonial possession, India. The missionary and the military … were these Evangelicals who were so…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the …
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria …
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… strategic alliances with South Africa and the last two colonial governments on the sub continent, Angola and …
ArticleThe Johanna
The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… of dried grass" (1888) The missionaries' relationship with colonial officials is perhaps not quite as clearcut as in the … Books on Native Affairs 1876) It…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… encountered by the new arrivals. 16 July, The British Colonial Office announces the appointment of a Ladies … referring to the concentration camps, writes to…
PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
… forces invaded in order to occupy the Cape Colony. This colonial post was important to them as it was directly on …
PlaceZimbabwe
… nor was it a single geographical entity before the Colonial Occupation by the British Empire . Throughout … battle of Mahungwe and the battle of Dambarare ,…
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…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… of most Shakespearian students and fans scouting out a pre-theatre picnic spot in the Maynardville Park. Home to …
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… Much of the idea of the 'vacant land' myth in African colonial history rests on a White misunderstanding - however … the dominion of either the Afrikaner…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… Malawi was taken without his consent. Like an enthusiastic colonial officer he wanted to impose on Malawi his idea of education and progress, but no colonial…
PlacePorterville
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… in July 1960 to dissolve the French West African colonial state and grant independence to the four regions …
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… signaled an important phase in the struggle against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… sovereignty of the British government in respect of its colonial possessions was violated by South African security. …
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… was annexed as three French departments. During the colonial period the traditional patterns of land ownership …
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of invading Ethiopia was …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda in 1956. He distinguished himself as …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… in an attempt to regain Somali territory lost prior to the colonial period. Although the attack was suppressed the …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… were sent to the island; first by the Dutch, then British colonial officials. It was under the Apartheid regime that …