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In the aftermath of World War I (1914–1918), Africa remained overwhelmingly under European colonial domination, despite widespread African participation in the war effort. While the conflict weakened...

The Italian Colonial Empire emerged during the period of New Imperialism (late 19th–early 20th centuries) as the recently unified Kingdom of Italy sought to secure...

The Age of Exploration (15th–16th centuries) was driven by advances in shipbuilding, navigation, and maritime ambition that allowed European sailors to venture farther into the Atlantic...

The Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) was a major conflict between the British Empire and the Boer republics of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, rooted...

The Rhodes Colossus, Striding from Cape Town to Cairo, cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne from Punch magazine, 10 December 1892. The image shows the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) astride Africa in illustration...

In 1935, Renato Micheli composed the song 'Faccetta Nera' (Pretty/little black face) to commemorate the invasion of Ethiopia. The lyrics recount the liberation of a young Ethiopian woman from...

The Fiat Tagliero Building is a service station in Asmara, Eritrea. It was designed by the Italian engineer Giuseppe Pettazzi and completed in 1938. It is one of the most iconic buildings in Asmara

Italian prisoners of war at Harar, capital of the Ethiopian province of the same name. The soldiers, made prisoners during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, are awaiting repatriation to Italy. The picture...

A map showing the territorial gains of Italy in Libya from 1919 to 1935.

The Abyssinian leaders Ras Seyum Mangasha (1887-1960), Ras Ghetacciù Abaté, and Ras Kebbedé Guebret, received in Rome by Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) on 6 February 1937, swear allegiance after Abyssinia's...