Mailyn Fidler is an affiliate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and is currently writing a book on African cyber politics. You can follow her @mailynfidler. Russia’s recent ...

His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage ...

Many today believe the era of colonialism in Africa is over. They’re wrong. The era of colonialism in Africa has merely entered a new and insidious phase. Some call it “neo-colonialism.” I call it ...

Do you know what African countries were called post-independence and colonialism? Names hold great significance, often speaking to a country’s past and cultural identity. While many African countries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Young Muslims gather around the green and white FLN rebel flags in Diar el Mahcoul, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria, ignoring ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As people around the world mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, her death has incited academics and writers to debate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Map of Africa (1722). Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel Wikipedia Commons, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Colonialism is never the easiest subject for discussion—but it's particularly loaded in South Africa. Africa's most ...

How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier by Joe Studwell. Atlantic Monthly Press, 435 pages.

Most British colonial governors ultimately reach the point where they stand by, erect and proud, as the Union Jack flutters down over some distant possession and the flag of independence is run up. As ...

Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, whenever people have moved from one place to another, they have colonised spaces ...