Africa’s modern map tells a story centuries in the making, yet much of it was drawn by foreign powers with little regard for local realities. Straight lines carved across rivers, mountains, and ...

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

European governments must acknowledge and take responsibility for the enduring consequences of their colonial pasts, which continue to affect people of African descent both in Africa and throughout ...