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How a meeting in Manchester shaped the post-war struggle against colonialism
In 1948 Ghana was rocked by riots following the killing of Ghanaian WW2 veterans
It is 55 years since the Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi was arrested in Kenya.
An eyewitness account of a discovery that changed Nigerian history
The trades union activist and politician who fought for Nigerian independence.
Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against
In 1958 the Nigerian writer published his first book, revolutionising African literature.
When Tunisia introduced divorce, abortion and votes for women ahead of much of the world.
Algerian players secretly left their French clubs to form their own national team in 1958
How Ethiopia's Emperor was almost overthrown in a bloody coup
Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome an Ethiopian athlete stunned the world.
A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia
It is exactly 50 years since Nigeria became independent
The 1961 vote lies at the heart of the violent conflict in Cameroon's Anglophone region
The Secretary General of the UN was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago.
It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.
Amilcar Cabral led the armed struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in West Africa
Just one month after gaining independence there was an uprising in Zanzibar in 1964.
How Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime in 1964
In 1965 the Latin-American revolutionary went to fight with rebels in the Congo.
In 1966 a small group of Nigerian army officers launched the country's first ever coup
How one of Africa's most famous independence leaders was overthrown in 1966
In April 1966 thousands of African artists and performers gathered in Senegal
