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… In 1990, the landmark release of Nelson Mandela from prison began the dismantling of South Africa's infamous apartheid regime, with its white minority …

… In 1991, the future of South Africa held tremendous promise. After decades of the brutal, … legalized racial segregation called apartheid, Nelson Mandela had been freed from prison, the ban on the African …

… The 2024 elections in  South Africa marked a significant shift in the country’s political landscape, as the dominant African National Congress (ANC) …

… observed China’s emergence with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. On one hand, huge new markets have opened to … Nowhere has China’s emergence been more dramatic than in Africa. Since 2000, China’s economic ties with Africa have … appetite for land, markets, and natural resources. As the South African Pambazuka News reminded readers in a 2006 …

… political transformations—away from systems of oppression and towards something more democratic—a narrative of rupture … separates before/wrong from after/right. In the case of South Africa before and after 1994 , this binary is all the more …

… Reframing the Year of Africa: Independence as a Process By Katherine Everett The … across the continent celebrated the joy, excitement, and possibilities of independence. But liberation in Africa … skin at his installation as Honourary Paramount Chief in South Africa. The phrase “Year of Africa” was used first by …

… Why can’t Seoul and Tokyo get Along? “We will never again lose to Japan,” tweeted South Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We … at the same time (especially European colonial control in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia). The scope and intensity …

… that being robbed of cultural objects, human remains, and art equaled the removal of collective memory and a sense … in place for the temporary or definitive restitution” of African cultural heritage. He subsequently commissioned … in the Global North, not the audiences in the Global South. A second category of arguments revolved around the …

… China has expanded its global presence over the last decade much to the concern of U.S. officials. Africa is a major recipient of this new influence, building … of mainland China and Taiwan as well as other areas southeast and East Asia. Prior to Japan's 20th century …

… contested histories, highlighting little-known regions in South Asia and Southern Africa, marginalized individuals, and their hidden (or lost) …

… African history before the colonial era has been relegated … to the periphery of most studies of this period. In African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa , however, Michael A. Gomez places …

… Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing and most diverse regions—and also one of the most … we have the West Africa, we have the East Africa, we have Southern Africa, and so on and so forth, and now Northern …

… In her book, Health, Healing and Illness in African History, Rebekah Lee explores the … demographic impact on African countries, especially South Africa , Botswana, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. These places …

… of the impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK), a historic first for … Roh’s actions sparked an internal struggle among liberals and his impeachment was orchestrated as much by his fellow … in Korea believe in a big central government. The South Korean executive wields significant authority over the …

… On March 12, 2004, South Korea’s then President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached, a historic first for the Republic. Written by David Fields and Jinwan Park. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. … B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.  … On March 12, 2004, South Korea’s then President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached, a …

… percent in 1950 to 25 percent in 1970 to 15 percent in 2000 and 9 percent in 2020. Remarkably, during this same 70 … those challenges more pressing than in large parts of the African continent. Food, Population, Politics The connection … the Central African Republic, Somalia , Ethiopia , and South Sudan —have entered a polycrisis that will be …

… Yeongju, a city in South Korea, is famous as the historic home of the Seonbi, Confucian scholars who lived and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At … a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 and contains many of South Korea’s national treasures such as Muryangsujeon hall, …

… launched an attack on Tskhinvali, the provincial capital of South Ossetia, or what Georgians call Samachablo. Georgia … a Russian invasion. Russia, whose troops surged immediately and rapidly into Georgia, claimed the Georgians attacked first. A small mountainous territory on the southern side of the Caucasus range (population around …

… "undermined their oppressors' power with their own power" and "sapped a dictator's strength with their own." The … movement in the United States and apartheid struggles in South Africa—Zimbabwe's neighbor. The president spoke passionately …

… tickets to its opening weekend than any movie in history, and the New York Times has called it “a defining moment for … himself is T’challa, the king of Wakanda, a mythical African nation that also happens to be the world’s most … to Lesotho. The small kingdom, surrounded on all sides by South Africa, avoided the worst of colonialism. The location …

… On June 15, 1950,  North Korean armed forces invaded  South Korea and launched a brutal war on the Korean peninsula. The North … other countries, including Colombians, Australians, South Africans, and Luxembourgers. The role of the UN in the …

… In the Year of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo negotiated … greatest export: Congolese rumba. The wildly popular and meaningful genre became a soundtrack to global change. … (Kazadi wa Mukuna). “The Genesis of Urban Music in Zaïre.” African Music 7, no. 2 (1992): 72–84. Nzongola-Ntalaja, …

… On World AIDS Day 2020, in the midst of another pandemic, Ohio State University History Professor Thomas … that shaped the global spread of HIV, from equatorial Africa to the world. Thomas F. McDow is a specialist in … In 2017, in Africa, and especially equatorial, eastern and southern Africa, the burden of disease and the prevalence of …

… military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to overtake the government of the … immediately following the coup’s success, the small West African country—renamed Burkina Faso, or Land of the … north, and causing increased migration to the cities and southern regions that were ill equipped to handle the …