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He argues that British and Portuguese sources point to the existence of “Sierragambia” – a dynamic Mande-Atlantic connection ...

Ostrich feathers were a major fashion trend in the 1910s but Britain's plans to capitalise on this in Nigeria were doomed ...

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Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform ...

More than six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union), Africa's quest for unity continues through culture, trade and shared identity rather ...

In its place, I’ll be reading ‘The Impossible Bomb’, by Gareth Williams, about the British scientists who made the Manhattan ...

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Spanish speakers grew from 4M in 1492 to over 500M today, surpassing English. The Spanish Empire spanned four centuries, peaking under Philip II, uniting thrones in 1580. The empire's reach across ...

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Ukrainian drones have hit several retail warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries in a matter of ...

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