East Africa. Political Movements. Democracy. Secession and Independence Movements. Delegates took a decade to thrash out a new constitution for Somaliland, which voters overwhelmingly approved in ...

She was once called “the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman “inflamed by injustice” on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was ...

Across Africa, some national assemblies were constructed early and were part of the nationalization process that preceded independence, while some were constructed long after. + 3 Senegal's ...

In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then helped Patrice Lumumba’s electoral campaign in the Belgian Congo, before ...

The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) leader, Phil Craig, has slammed the South African government for the slow process of finalising his citizenship. Craig, of British descent, has lived in ...

And through My Country, Africa, Blouin's extraordinary story is being released for a second time, this time into a world that shows greater interest in the historical contributions of women.