Myanmar Earthquake: Colonial-era Ava Bridge Collapses - Video
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, causing significant damage, including the collapse of ...
The Irrawaddy1 小时
Colonial-era Ava Bridge over Irrawaddy River collapses during earthquake
The 91-year-old Ava Bridge, also known as the Old Sagaing Bridge, which spanned the Irrawaddy River between Mandalay and Sagaing regions and was built by the British during the colonial period, ...
Sankofa Series: The colonial era was better than now - World War II veteran
As Ghana continues to mark the month of March as Ghana Month, 100-year-old World War II veteran Joseph Ashitey Hammond shares ...
A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany’s colonial past
Germany has over the past years made strides in coming to terms with a dark era of its past, the colonial rule of large ...
Associated Press7 个月
Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners ...
来自MSN1 个月
Engineering marvels from the colonial era
Among its treasures are the seven tunnels, an engineering marvel from the colonial era. Built between 1896 and 1898 by British railway engineers, these tunnels depict the remarkable technical ...
Africa's public debt tied to colonial legacy left by European powers – Dr. Ayiku
A member of the AFRODAD Board of Trustees, Dr. Christian Ayiku, has stated that the ballooning debt faced by African ...
SBS1 个月
The massacre map's research into colonial-era violence has revealed its final grim toll
Project tracked colonial-era massacres across the continent More than 400 massacre sites were identified Over 10,000 Indigenous people were killed in such massacres Warning: this article discusses ...
来自MSN20 天
Colonial-era law that could land ‘dancing groom’ in jail. What was Dramatic ...
Also Read: Haryana govt notifies 4 fast-track courts amid criticism over implementation of cow protection law The origins of this colonial-era law date back to the days before Independence ...
Mint20 天
Sati was real. But it was also great propaganda
While it is true that sati gave rise to lurid, often ridiculous propaganda in the colonial period—foreigners, part scandalised, part transfixed by it, gave it many strange origin myths—it was ...