1500s — 2026
Africa
Rises.
A living history of resistance, revolution, liberation and the continuing struggle for African sovereignty.
Not a list of heroes.
A connected history.
Trace people, movements, events and ideas across centuries. The archive is organised into focused spaces so you can move from chronology to country history, biographies, research and the wider African world without one endless page.
Choose your path.
Each major collection now has its own page, with a focused interface and room for the archive to grow.
Timeline
The long arc of African resistance, revolution and sovereignty.
02Decolonisation
Country-by-country independence and the political generation behind it.
03Liberation
Wars, movements and organisations that broke colonial and minority rule.
04Sovereignty
The post-independence struggle for economic and strategic autonomy.
05People
Biographical entry points into the connected history.
06Research
Search people, ideas, documents and relationships.
07Africa
Explore the continent through regions and struggles.
08The African World
A global map of African, diaspora and migration hubs.