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The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the opening encounter of the Anglo-Zulu War and a famous Zulu victory against the British Army. Over 25,000 Zulu warriors attacked and destroyed a British-led force of 1,700 men camped at the...

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 several European powers, it did not dismantle...

A July 1941 photograph showing a South African desert patrol in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in January 1943 showing Corporal John Henderson of the Scots Guards during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa in the second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing Dar es-Salaam when it was the capital of German East Africa. Taken some time just before or during the First World War (1914-18). German Federal Archives

Eritrea, located on the Red Sea coast of the Horn of Africa, was the ‘firstborn’ colony of Italy. The potential of a trade centre and naval base at Assab first attracted Italian interests in 1869. The Kingdom of Italy, however, did not officially...

An early title page from The History and Description of Africa by Leo Africanus (1485-1554), first published in 1526.

A map of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)

A map depicting the progress of Burgoyne's and St. Leger's armies during the Saratoga Campaign (20 June to 17 October 1777). Created by Wikipedia user Hoodinski, 21 December 2014.

Taking prisoners in Napoleon's Italian Campaign, 1797, oil on canvas by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, c. 1801-1824. Palace of Versailles.