In the Modern Era,Western Europeanscolonised all parts of the continent, culminating in the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century. Are any African countries still colonized? There aretwo African countries never colonized: Liberia and Ethiopia. Yes, these African countries never colonized. But...
if you’re going to go all that way, take your time and do it properly.) You can’t say the same forAustralia– which is really acontinent of nations. Despite what your maps might suggest, you need to narrow a visit to one region (and deal ...
Furthermore, in East Africa, particularly among the Ugandan tribes like the Buganda, human sacrifice was practiced for reasons ranging from religious to the whims of royalty. Despite its varied manifestations across the continent, human sacrifice in Africa shared a common underlying theme: it was a...
(I support England and GB in sporting events – I fly a little flag on the car during the World Cup). So I really don’t want to sound like one of those annoying people who can celebrate Britain but only to the extent that it is mixed and polyglot (“food from every continent all...
It has also been endorsed by the African Union through which the participation of the continent's 53 nations is being orchestrated. Masterminded by Dutch developers Hielke van der Maal and Hans Deuze--who cut their entertainment resort teeth on such projects as Disneyland Paris and others--the...
So the Continent’s largest state, one reborn only in 1990, yet also one that is being abolished, veers this way and that in its mood, one minute nostalgic for a "proud Fatherland", the next in the vanguard of what Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, himself a child of Frankfurt, calls ...