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Victory on Lake Nyasa. The opening naval battle of the First World War took place not in the North Sea but in Central Africa in August 1914. It would change the course of the African conflict in Britain’s favour, says Janie Hampton.
16 mar 2011 · He then led an expedition up the Shire River, a tributary of the Zambezi, and discovered Lake Nyasa, one of his many great discoveries of the African interior. Today it may seem strange to credit one with the "discovery" of lands that have been inhabited for thousands of years.
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
The Nyasaland Police, which participated in Operation Sunrise, particularly the paramilitary Police Mobile Force, were routinely armed and lived segregated lives in the police lines, alien to most other Africans.
22 sty 2024 · Paul Simon’s ‘Under African Skies’ is an audacious tapestry of cross-cultural storytelling, woven with the threads of memory, identity, and rhythm. It’s a track that gleams under the limelight not just for its melodic beauty, but for its profound ability to evoke the shared heritage of mankind.
20 mar 2018 · How Dare the Sun Rise begins with Sandra Uwiringiyimana's recollection of a violent night in a Rwandan refugee camp -- the night her younger sister was brutally killed by soldiers.
3 lip 2019 · Discover the best and worst war films about African conflicts, from documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters.
