Wars, occupations, and colonisation have long been driven by the struggle for the earth's resources. History shows us that the Roman Empire invaded Egypt primarily to seize its abundant grain.

The journalist and historian Paulo Antonio Paranaguá uses images from the turbulent continent to weave a history of the region, covering colonisation, slavery and dictatorship ...

In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's acclaimed film The Woman King. From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the ...