In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
What role did 'freelance' underground operatives play in defeating apartheid in South Africa? Tshepo Moloi on a mother and daughter who crossed borders and languages
The ICU was a union-cum-protest movement in the north-west of South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s. Laurence Stewart explores its messages and methods and their relevance today.
The History Workshop in Johannesburg emerged from intersecting impulses that coursed through the academy and society in South Africa and globally in the 1970s and 1980s. Noor Nieftagodien on its history and present.
We are seeking to appoint one editorial fellow in 2024 - with specialism in histories of Africa, South-East Asia or the Middle East, including diasporic perspectives.
Alexandra F. Morris reflects on the presence of disability within ancient Egypt and how much can be identified by the lived expertise of disabled researchers.
What did decolonisation mean to students in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement? Wildan Sena Utama explores the contributions and contentions of the conference that brought them together.
What might the trip of Birgitta Dahl to the meet Amílcar Cabral and the PAIGC liberation movement reveal about the motivations of transnational solidarity in the era of decolonisation?
There is a persistent myth that decolonial regimes across Africa were “corrupt.” The Savundra Affair reveals the networks of global finance that were, and are, part of this corruption.
Child marriage is often conceived of as embedded in the past, but there is little attention to its historical context. Rhian Keyse explores how this obscures the shifting dynamics and social meanings of such practices.
How does the Mau Mau Memorial Monument depict women's involvement in the anti-colonial Mau Mau uprising? How can women's own words and memories add to this important history? Evalyne Wanjiru explores in this piece.
In 1947 The Abeokuta Women's Union staged an influential tax revolt. How can understanding these women's sense of time, including their vision for the future, increase our historical understanding?
As an ongoing commissioning priority, History Workshop Online seeks articles on the radical histories of Africa and the African diaspora on all periods, regions and themes.
Following the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's apology for the non-commemoration of Black and Asian soldiers in the First World War, John Siblon explores how and why their memory was deliberately hidden by Britain.
What powers of legitimacy do physical representations of the past hold? Duncan McLean explores the journey and repatriation of a radical object, the Obelisk of Axum, from Abyssinia to Italy to Ethiopia - its return seemingly affirming…
Creative writing is not a conventional primary source for historians of eastern Africa. However, examining marginalised actors’ histories can be invaluable in filling the gaps left by traditional archives.
From a fragile piece of printed tissue, Martin Plaut uncovers the forgotten story of a massive demonstration on the eve of the First World War, protesting the brutal deportation from South Africa to Britain of nine trades union leaders who…
The oldest surviving book owned by English speakers was a book made in North Africa. Alison Hudson traces how these radical fragments reveal that immigrants and cultural exchange have always been fundamental to British economies, culture,…
The Wretched of the Earth was the final work of Frantz Fanon, a fearless critic of colonialism and a key figure in Algeria’s struggle for independence. This new history of the 'Third World' depicted the unresolved and open-ended nature of…
