Events in Global African History
The Defence of Rorke’s Drift, 1879
Painting by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales under public domain (735)
Britain’s 1919 Race Riots
The 1919 race riots in Great Britain’s seaport areas such as Liverpool, Cardiff, and Salford were stoked by social, economic, and political anxieties...
The South Sudanese Civil War (2013- )
The South Sudanese Civil War is an ongoing civil war in South Sudan fought between government forces led by President Salva Kiir...
First Ivorian Civil War (2002-2007)
First Ivorian Civil War was a five-year conflict that occurred in the west African country of the Ivory Coast (also known...
The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992)
The Mozambican Civil War was a 15-year conflict that occurred between May 30, 1977 and October 4, 1992 in the southern African country...
Mangrove Nine Trial (1970-1972)
The Mangrove Nine Trial was Britain’s most influential Black Power trial. In Britain, descendants from the Caribbean, Africa, or South Asia, who were mainly immigrants...
The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were five conflicts that occurred between the Ashanti Empire and the British Empire and which ultimately resulted in the Ashanti Empire...
Third Congo Civil War (1998-2003)
The Third Congo Civil War—also known as Africa’s World War—was a five-year conflict that occurred primarily in the Democratic Republic...
Second Congo Civil War (1996-1997)
The Second Congo Civil War was the struggle to overthrow long-time Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko by Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the leader of the Alliance of...
Langston Hughes’ Visit to the Soviet Union (1932-1933)
In June of 1932, poet Langston Hughes, political activist Louise Thompson, and 22 other African American artists, filmmakers, and actors, traveled to the Soviet Union (USSR) to create a...
