ONE OF THE MAIN surprises that followed Robert Mugabe’s overwhelming election victory (57 of the 80 seats open to Africans) in March 1980 was Prime Minister Robert Mugabe’s decision to appoint the ...

To an outsider, the 250,000 whites of Rhodesia would seem to have little need to declare independence from Britain. They seem happy enough as they are. The climate is marvelous, the soil fertile, the ...

Between 1966 and 1980, Rhodesia fought a protracted and bitter conflict against two nationalist insurgent movements—ZANLA and ZIPRA—in what became known as the Rhodesian Bush War. While most accounts ...

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ showing July 18-24 at Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres.

The release of an album that retraces the soundtrack of one of the most protracted liberation struggles on the continent coincides with Africa Month and is a reminder of the huge role that music has ...

On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated its 45th independence anniversary. Their independence in 1980 came with mixed emotions and resulted in a country still divided racially and economically. Zimbabwean ...

The current spate of arrests of immigrant student activists brings back memories of similar protests of Guyanese students in earlier periods. American campuses from 1960s until now were hotbed of ...

AMONG Bob Marley’s millions of admirers, Robert Mugabe was among the most famous. Leader of militant freedom fighters during the 1970s Bush War in Rhodesia, Mugabe was a symbol of the defiant, ...

AMONG Bob Marley’s millions of admirers, Robert Mugabe was among the most famous. Leader of militant freedom fighters during the 1970s Bush War in Rhodesia, Mugabe was a symbol of the defiant, ...

Declassified diplomatic cables from February 1980 reveal intense behind-the-scenes negotiations between British and South African officials over the potential refugee crisis during Rhodesia’s ...

In June 2015, a young white man named Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. After accepting an invitation to pray with the parishioners, ...