France had two bites of the cherry when it came to empire-building. Its North American possessions had already been lost when French leaders began a colonial reboot in the 19th century. The second ...

While France embraced the formal regulation of historical memory regarding its colonial past nearly two decades ago with the ...

Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...

"France believes it has the right to exploit the resources of African countries, leaving their populations in poverty.

Oxfam report says wealth extracted from India between 1765 and 1900 would be a sum large enough to ‘carpet the surface area ...

Geographically the focus is on particular case studies (Indochina, Morocco and Senegal) examining how colonial rule played out on the ground. It will situate the French Empire globally, in relation to ...

On the final leg of their RV tour of the US, Simon Veness and Susan Veness drive the Alabama coast to find sprawling state parks, white sands and the ‘happiest place on earth’ after a year on the road ...

The charity’s report argues that the UK owes reparations to the colonial country for extracting ... them from becoming part of the French overseas empire in the 18th century or being swallowed ...

Muslims of Senegal consider themselves as followers of Sheikh Ibrahima Fall, and according to their beliefs, physical labor, service, good deeds, and devotion to one's Sufi master (Shaykh), are equal ...

To understand the origins of the names of Mexico’s states is to understand the country's complex history and diverse culture.

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip ...