Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Britain's rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who once promised that white rule in Africa would endure for 1,000 years, died Tuesday in South Africa. He was 88. The ...

A small white minority seized control of Rhodesia. Tacit support and weak condemnations extended the harmful regime.

The enduring legacy of Terence Ranger lay in encouraging a generation of African scholars whose work has increased understanding of resistance to colonial rule in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and beyond.

As a young child, Alexandra Fuller was warned not to creep into her parents’ bedroom at night on pain of death. “We might shoot you,” they told her. “By mistake,” they reassured her. “As it is,” ...

When able, ambitious Iain Macleod asked Harold Macmillan for a crack at running the Colonial Office after the 1959 elections, he knew he was taking on a post that could break or make a politician.

Making excellent use of neglected Zambian archives, Tembo surveys the impact of World War II on colonial Zambia, or Northern Rhodesia, as it was then called. Readers will find much to appreciate in ...

Do you know what African countries were called post-independence and colonialism? Names hold great significance, often speaking to a country’s past and cultural identity. While many African countries ...