Decolonization

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Patrice Lumumba, right, and Joseph Okito, left
Congolese Rumba: Soundtrack to African Political Struggle
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.
A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule
Idi Amin addresses troops during a visit to border regions
Idi Amin's Uganda
 SPLM rally in Southern Sudan, 2010. (Image by U.S. Institute of Peace)
Tribal Militias in Sudan
Celebrations for Jamaican Independence, 2012.
Jamaican Independence
General Idi Amin in August, 1973.
Idi Amin's Coup d’État, Uganda 1971
A carved wooden mural in Livingstone, Zambia.
The Year of Africa
flags of India and Pakistan
India-Pakistan Partition
Members of the 'born free generation' registering to vote for the first time.
South Africa: Twenty-Five Years Since Apartheid
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."
HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future
Marvel character Black Panther
Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story
A sign in Zambia in 2005.
A Century of HIV
Black Panther
Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story
Refugees crowded emergency trains leaving to India or Pakistan c. 1947-1953
India-Pakistan Partition
A group of children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
In order, India’s Indira Gandhi, Pakistan’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman
After Midnight
This image depicts Ali, a Jesus-like figure in Alawite theology.
Alawites and the Fate of Syria
The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young Book Cover.
Fifty Years and Counting
A 17th-century map depicting the locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean
Pirates of Puntland, Somalia