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… a world turned upside down. So begins The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire. While no attribution … of Adwa in 1896 was the result of Italian encroachments south of their colony of Eritrea on the Red Sea. Though … by the Treaty of Wichale (1889) to friendship, the Italians and Ethiopians had different opinions about the nature of …

… In this episode of  History Talk , hosts Brenna Miller and Jessica Blissit speak with three experts on North Korea: Deborah Solomon , Mitchell Lerner , and Y oungbae Hwang . Westerners tend to think of North … the view from inside Pyongyang? Join us as we discuss when and how North Korea got its nickname, debate its accuracy, …

… during the heyday of European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to be returned to Africa, sending shockwaves throughout the museum world. “I … “that a large part of the cultural heritage of several African countries is in France.” The expropriation of …

… With 2002 drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national … new in a region whose history is suffused with guilt, pride and the divisive issue of race. But the haunting of southern politics has long had more to do with the living …

… in power: brutal political repression, economic stagnation, and civil war in the country’s west and south. In the end, the huge crowds who took to the streets … Understanding Boko Haram , Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story , and our recent …

… the  paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in 2023.  According to … have fled to neighboring countries such as  Egypt , Chad, South Sudan, and  Uganda .  The warring parties are … tribes of Niger,  Nigeria , Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic. These Arabs are known as Baggara Arabs, …

… British colonial rule, Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, collapsed into a civil war. The Nigerian Civil War, … traumatic effects, evident in persistent ethnic animosities and distrust , continues to shape the narrative of Nigerian … European powers at the Berlin Conference. By 1900, most of southern Nigeria had fallen to the British through conquests …

… of a bloody conflict that has led to the death of thousands of people and the displacement of more than two … and caricatured accounts of "Arabs" killing "Black African Muslims." Moreover, much of the coverage tends to … belt. (The Sahel or the Sudanic belt refers to the region south of the Sahara Desert, stretching from the Atlantic …

… Sides with Ann Fisher . "By its end, some thirty-six thousand five hundred American troops died fighting the three year war in Korea. Six thousand of them were lost in the first winter alone when Chinese troops outmaneuvered and out-manned the U.S. forces — despite the boasts of …

… in a new kind of peacetime: not a time of cooperation and harmony, not a time to change for the better, but only a time to contain threats and prevent changes that might make the world worse. This … whether their sign was a swastika, a rising sun or a hammer and sickle. American troops were sent to Korea in the spirit …

… In a democracy, our political leaders receive their mandate, and the system itself derives its legitimacy, from the … come haltingly and unevenly. Even as women gained suffrage, African Americans were kept from the polls in many parts of … research examines race, law and gender in the American South, particularly around disenfranchisement of people who …

… in Charleston.  Confederate enthusiasts are throwing a grand ball there to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the … with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their self-government … displaying a hearse that proclaimed, "Slavery Is Dead."  African Americans in Charleston also built a cemetery for …

… of one of the global powers, there has been a growing demand for more scholarship about the rise of modern India. … India’s War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia examines India’s role in the Second World War, a … of British interests in the Persian Gulf and East Africa. While expecting that the Congress could be made to …

… American indifference to Iraqi society and values is proving calamitous. That’s because American … powerfully affect events. With their defeat in 1865, Southerners claimed to have lost all “save honor.” Retaining … hoped to fashion a bi-racial, two-party democracy in the South. Their experiment failed. Occupying the former …

… rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from parole or probation, except for those … and regional pattern. These laws disproportionately affect African Americans across the nation and southern states are much more likely to impose long, …

… of his past, of India’s early years of independence, and the upheavals wrought by Partition. It is fitting, … magical realism, Keay’s work examines the history of South Asia from the Partition of British India in 1947 to … in 1992. Despite the bleak portrait of modern South Asian history presented throughout the book, Keay …

… of the War for Peace in Vietnam is primarily a political and diplomatic history of the Vietnam War, centered on Hanoi … has spun a diplomatic web that includes North Vietnam, South Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union, the United States, … France, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government in South Vietnam (PRG). Hanoi was at the center of that web. …

… In early 2013 I took a tour of Corregidor Island, at the mouth of Manila Bay. Our guide ushered us … provide a strategic vantage point over the entrance to the South China Sea. The conversation paused. “Sir,” he said … stressed his commitment to preserving stability in  the South China Sea . Somewhere, I assume, my tour guide …

… During the European exploration and colonization of Africa during the 19th century many … with the intrepid individual braving the wilds of Africa to bring European civilization to the benighted "dark … I Presume?: Missionaries, Journalists, Explorers, and Empire , by Clare Pettitt (Cambridge, Harvard University …

… From Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for equal rights. Please join … as they discuss Barnes’ research on the history of Chinese-African American interactions from the Civil Rights Movement …

… In June 2024, thousands of people throughout  Afghanistan  took to the streets … billions of fans from nations as diverse as  India ,  South Africa ,  Afghanistan , and Australia.  As much as the 2024 …

… the most divisive wars in the history of post-independence Africa. Its traumatic effects, evident in persistent ethnic animosities and distrust, continues to shape the narrative of Nigerian identity and the nation’s future. Written and narrated by Ousman … British colonial rule, Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, collapsed into a civil war. …

… 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 Chile: the once diffuse borderlands among these countries were redrawn in favor of a …