Military Conflict – Colonial conflicts
Yaa Asantewaa (mid-1800s-1921)
Yaa Asantewaa was an influential Ashanti queen at the beginning of the twentieth century who remains a powerful symbol today. Her birthdate...
The Golden Stool (17th c.- )
The Golden Stool (full title, Sika Dwa Kofi) has been the symbol of power in Ashanti Kingdom since the 17th century....
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...
The Italo-Abyssinian War (1889-1896)
Following the Partition of Africa during the Berlin Conference of 1885, Prime Minister Francesco Crispi of Italy began his nation’s...
Battle of Waterberg (1904)
The Battle of Waterberg took place on August 11, 1904, in German South-West Africa (Namibia) and triggered the annihilation decree...
Boko Haram (2002- )
Niger Armed Forces fighting Boko Haram in March 2015 “Image Ownership: Public Domain” Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram...
Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007)
Ousmane Sembène, prolific writer and film producer, was born in January 1923 in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Official documents were rare in...
Khartoum, Sudan (1821- )
Khartoum, the capital of the modern state of Sudan, is located in an area of rich farmland where the Blue...
Lagos, Nigeria (ca. 1350- )
Lagos is the largest city and chief port of modern Nigeria. The area that is now Lagos was settled by...
