Colonialism in Africa
All candidates in Niger elections pledge to enforce IMF and World Bank dictates
By Brian Smith, November 4, 1999
The West African state of Niger went to the polls on October 17 to elect a new head of state, following the assassination of former President General Ibrahim Bare Mainassara in April. Seven candidates...
BBC Radio retrospective on the Anglo-Boer war, 1899-1902
By Brian Smith, September 29, 1999
This October marks 100 years since the outbreak of the second South African War, better known as the Boer War. Over the next three years the centenary will be celebrated in South Africa with a variety...
How Britain crushed the "Mau Mau rebellion"
Channel Four TV's Secret History—Mau Mau
By Barbara Slaughter, September 15, 1999
Secret History, a series currently showing on Channel Four television in Britain, claims to "tell the truth that lies behind official stories about the past. Overturning clichés and demolishing sacre...
Belgian Foreign Minister criticises US role in Africa
By Richard Tyler, September 13, 1999
Bourgeois diplomacy is usually the art of speaking between the lines. When it comes to articulating decisive economic and geopolitical interests, the diplomat and foreign affairs spokesperson normally...
Kenyan Mau Mau seek compensation from British government
By Jean Shaoul, May 26, 1999
Veterans of the Mau Mau rebellion are demanding billions of Kenyan shillings in compensation from the British government for war crimes committed against them. The Mau Mau was a secret association tha...
