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How Igbo women activists influenced British authorities during the colonial rule of NigeriaQuartz Africa • August 7, 2020
TOPONYMICThe most unusual ways many African countries got their namesQuartz Africa • October 6, 2019
A Ghanaian royal family’s conflict of collaboration and resistance in the African slave tradeQuartz Africa • July 13, 2019
ICONICPowerful photos of women protesting are shaping popular uprisings in AfricaQuartz Africa • April 16, 2019
HERSTORYAfrica has forgotten the women leaders of its independence struggleQuartz Africa • March 16, 2019
HERO OR TYRANT?Emperor Haile Selassie’s AU statue joins a growing list of Africa’s troubled memorialsQuartz Africa • February 25, 2019
KING OR SUPERHERO?The 19th century Kingdom of Hayti was the Wakanda of the Western hemisphereQuartz Africa • January 28, 2019
OUR STORYDakar’s Museum of Black Civilizations is a vital step for a people reclaiming their historyQuartz Africa • January 25, 2019
A VICTIM NO MOREA South African university is replacing a colonial ruler’s name with a symbolic and powerful figureQuartz Africa • January 12, 2019
INTWARIA Rwandan hero who exploited superstition to save lives during the genocide has died at 106Quartz Africa • December 20, 2018