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The Berlin Conference can be best understood as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa. This British coined the te
At 11am on the 11th November 1918 a truce came into effect between Germany and the Entente forces. This was supposed to
Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the l
1 August 1960: Dahomey (now Benin) gains independence from France
Khaya Biko (born 1944) was the elder brother of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko and an early influence on
The first Pass, sometimes referred to as “Die Ossewapas” (the ox wagon pass) by the locals, was built from 9 km outside