Nyasaland (Malawi) had some 35 black graduates. In 1961 Nigeria had one university with 1,000 students. When the British exited Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in 1964 only 1,200 black Zambians had ...

Now in his early 80s, Mike is fit and active and bears a slight resemblance to the older Hemingway. He laughs easily and told me as we sat down to a simple lunch at a village pub that some Europeans ...

On this day in aviation history, January 16, 1929, Anglo-Irish noblewoman Lady Mary Bailey, returned to Croydon Aerodrome, ...

1903 – The Hay-Herrán Treaty was signed by United States Secretary of State John M. Hay and Colombian Chargé Dr. Tomás Herrán ...

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A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

2017: Bass guitarist Pete Overend Watts of Mott the Hoople dies from throat cancer aged 69. On the same day, German drummer Jaki Liebezeit of Can dies from pneumonia aged 78. 2018: Former football ...

It’s hard to avoid photos of the northern lights at the moment. Over the past few months, vivid displays of dancing greens, pinks and purples have lit up the skies and captivated even locals in ...

Previously known as Rhodesia in colonial times, Zimbabwe adopted the new name in 1980 after the white minority government was ousted from power ...

and sped off down the road toward the Northern Rhodesian border. Soon an armored column of 500 United Nations troops was on his tail. For a moment, it looked as if the U.N. were in hot pursuit of ...