Apr 6, 202213 minAfrica During the Scramble: The Reality behind 'The Woman King'By Gary Oswald The first articles I ever wrote for this site were a three part series looking at the Kingdom of Dahomey in modern day...
Mar 31, 202219 minAfrica During the Scramble: The Black NapoleonBy Gary Oswald The African Polities of the late 19th century threw up more than their fair share of brilliant military leaders and...
Mar 17, 20227 minCan you write an historical story ignoring War?By Gary Oswald It’s not exactly insightful to say that Historical Fiction, Alternate History included, is obsessed with war, and there...
Mar 2, 202210 minAfrica During the Scramble: The not so Free TownsBy Gary Oswald As previously discussed, Sierra Leone began as a utopian private project wherein the black poor of Europe and North...