Articles related to "Decolonization"

World War II provided the catalyst for major transformations in the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized in Africa.

Weight lifters and competitive sports teams, including basketball, fencing, football, rugby, soccer, volleyball and wrestling have an increased risk of MRSA infection.

The outcome of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle was shaped by the forces of the Cold War. It involved the US, Britain, China, Russia, UN, OAU, and Commenwealth.

Metro Two is a purported underground transportation system concealed by the construction of the Moscow Metro on the orders of Josef Stalin, beginning in the 1930s.

Although President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa first labeled it an African Renaissance, the dawn of the rebirth of the African continent began a long time ago.

Despite Vietnam's declaration of independence after World War II, it was thirty years later before it was finally free of foreign influence upon reunification in 1975.

Zimbabwe's liberation struggle and the attainment of independence owed greatly to many external players. Among them were the OAU and its liberation Committee.

For centuries the West has portrayed Africa as a dark and forbidding continent. This article presents a few suggested readings to dispel this myth.

As African nationalists intensified their guerrilla campaigns against the white minority government of Ian Smith, John Vorster also increased his support for Smith.

The debate about land reforms in Zimbabwe rages on. Mugabe defends his reforms on grounds of equality. His detractors see them as instruments of revenge pure and simple.

The Commonwealth and Frontline States were two important groups of countries which exerted great influence on the course of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence.

Land reforms have gone through three distinct phases in Zimbabwe since 1980. These include the Constitutional, Transitional and the Radical phases.

Britain constituted an obstacle to UN arbitration in Rhodesia during the liberation struggle. It became clear to Africans that independence was their responsibility.

The nationalist struggle in Zimbabwe was largely a fight to end white domination over African land. After independence in 1980, a new chapter opened with land reclamation

A roundup of 15 recommended new books on contemporary African politics and society.