Colonial Legacies

A short analysis of Shell's role in propping up Nigeria's military dictatorship.

The story of the trials of the Cherokee nation from the "Trail of Tears" onward.

A commentary on the partition of Africa in 1877 and the agonising events that have followed in its wake.

A short analysis of European Colonialism on the continent and what this meant for one of Europe's oldest empires.

An analysis of one of the most recent "colonial" wars.

A concise economic history of the East India Companies

The sometimes sordid story of American intervention in Guatemala.

A short history of Sierra Leone concentrating on the root causes of the current conflict there.

A short history of slavery and the economic uses to which it was put.

“There might be little food in the land, but there was always colour. The deep blue shadows sat permanently on the mountain slopes, the sea was peacock green. Green was everywhere in all its varieties, the poison bottle green of sisal slashed with black, the pale green of banana trees beginning ...