Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on ...

Africa’s modern map tells a story centuries in the making, yet much of it was drawn by foreign powers with little regard for local realities. Straight lines carved across rivers, mountains, and ...

Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

Cocoa became the backbone of the Gold Coast economy in the early 20th century. Railways accelerated its expansion by linking farming zones to ports. Farmers along rail corridors enjoyed better market ...