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… 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 African History at Ohio State University. He co-teaches a …

… 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 … how it embodied the critical transition period in modern African history between the era of decolonization and the …

… changed tone, declaring a one-year state of emergency and dissolving the government. Yet the protests persisted … fought between the central Sudanese government troops and southern guerillas. There are several immediate causes of … British planned to attach southern Sudan to British East Africa, a British protectorate that became Kenya. Another …

… of the most notorious autocrats of the late 20th century: South Africa’s P.W. Botha and Chile’s Augusto Pinochet. Botha and Pinochet shared many … South Africa …

… On November 8, 1942, American and British forces invaded beaches and ports across French North Africa. Officially opening a long-awaited second front … to that point in world history.  The path to Northwest Africa, however, was never a foregone conclusion. America’s …

… organization bombed American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks utilized massive … showing Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in east Africa. The attacks marked a dramatic escalation in al … thousands of Muslims in North Africa, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The U.S. embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania …

… History Talk , guests Johanna Sellman , Gulsah Toronoglu , and Sabra Webber discuss the diverse and dynamic history of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Highlighting the region's great range of historical … media turns its attention to the Middle East and North Africa, the question of women's rights frequently comes to …

… Zimbabwe , formerly Southern Rhodesia, gained independence from British … continues to grapple with the international community over land questions, which are rooted in the British conquest in … in 1884-85. At that meeting, the European powers carved the African continent among themselves based on their strategic, …

… our planet-changing global economy ran through the American South. Acclaimed scholar Bart Elmore explores that region's impact on the interconnected histories of business and ecological change. He uses the histories of five southern firms—Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Walmart, FedEx and …

… began in the 1980s, when news first broke of a mysterious and highly deadly disease. In reality, however, the history … trends of the 20th century: from European colonialism in Africa, to the proxy conflicts fought between allies of the … of the Black Panther Story and The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa. ( Image …

… The war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that … Muammar Gaddafi conceived of an “Arab belt” across Sahelian Africa . In 1981, a Libyan-supported group called … Laws and the most hawkish in his quest for war in the South. Sadiq al-Mahdi’s resolve to institute some form of …

… which pitted Chile against the allied forces of Peru and Bolivia, had a profound, long-lasting impact on the geopolitical balance of South America. The conflict resulted in a clear victory for … as the War of the Confederation (1836-1839) and the Spanish-South American War (1864-1866). Initially, nitrate was …

… the real historical origins of the fictional country of Wakanda and its roots in a Cold War crisis and an African mine. Written and narrated by Prof. Thomas McDow. … The fictional story of Wakanda has real historical origins in nuclear-age Congo. … Africa … Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story …

… before bursting on to a worldwide stage in the early 1980s and rewriting the script of human progress against disease. … a human living about one hundred years ago in Equatorial Africa became infected by a closely related virus in the … Sangha River, a tributary to the Congo, that runs through southeastern Cameroon. Colonial Africa: The Crucible of HIV …

… the settlers, make nice with the Palestinian Authority and take serious steps toward a long-term peace that would … is President Nixon’s trip to China in 1972. The other? South African president F.W. de Klerk’s freeing of Nelson Mandela … South Africa … Is Sharon Following in the Steps of Nixon and de Klerk? …

… At July's Republican convention, Texas Governor and presidential candidate George W. Bush won kudos for his … to a proud past, he suggested that his party had embraced African-Americans until only recently. His plan to win them … he'll actually have to abjure his party's 32-year-old "Southern Strategy" of playing upon racial fears to court …

… Isn’t it ironic that while South Korea is locked in a dispute with North Korea over its … obscure, but in reality it’s a model for achieving peace and disarmament on the Korean peninsula. In 1958 President … is the goal of the six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan. …

… Gwangju, a major city in southwestern South Korea , has been widely recognized as a center of … During South Korea’s democratic transition in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Gwangju was officially designated … South Korea … East Asia & Southeast Asia …

… we rebuild the Iraqi military forces. It’s a time-consuming and very expensive prospect. But if we fail to do it now, … in Iraq akin to what this country has maintained in South Korea for the past 50 years. Either situation would be … a Soviet zone to the north and an American zone to the south. The Soviet Union withdrew its occupation forces in …