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By Gary Oswald Prior to the 19th Century, white people were rare in Africa. Residents in the big slaving ports would be used to white...

By Gary Oswald It is estimated that in the 1780s less than a quarter of the human world was what we would consider free. The rest were...

By Gary Oswald This series of articles normally looks at countries, here we're going to focus instead on two individuals, one who lived...

By Gary Oswald Wars inevitably lead to exiles. When the Haitian Revolution saw the Black Slaves of Hispaniola take control of that...

By Gary Oswald Advertising a book or movie can be a tricky thing. A good narrative often relies on surprise, on making the audience think...

By Gary Oswald Amateur online Alternate History fiction and fanfiction have a lot in common. They’re both the products of communities of...

By Gary Oswald ‘I have rejected the abundant wealth the colonizers were willing to offer me. By abandoning my religion for the...

By Gary Oswald Abdallahi Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa more than anyone else could be said to have created the Mahdist revolt. He had been born...

By Gary Oswald There is a tendency by students of history to place greater emphasis on motives that make sense within your own worldview....

By Gary Oswald This article, the first of three about the Sudanese wars, is about Egypt during the scramble of Africa when it was still...

By Gary Oswald The sad truth is I’m not actually that big a fan of professionally written alternate history books. I’m not one of those...

By Gary Oswald At the beginning of the 19th century, the coast of Africa was well known, but the interior was still a mystery. Maps...

By Gary Oswald In 1868, the British Army invaded Ethiopia in order to free hostages that had been taken by Emperor Tewodros II to force...

By Gary Oswald The exact time Madagascar was first settled by humans is still disputed but most accounts date it to sometime between 200...

By Gary Oswald There were eight European Empires involved in the Scramble. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and...

By Gary Oswald Historical Romances, like all stories set in the past, have a variable level of historical accuracy. Some authors clearly...

By Gary Oswald Leopold’s aim for his colony in Africa was to make money. His efforts in portraying himself as a humanitarian were always...

By Gary Oswald The history of Slavery in Africa is one going back thousands of years. In this it's much the same as every other...

By Gary Oswald Ideas are cheap. Most people can come up with a thousand concepts for books. The skill is in the execution. In bringing...

By Gary Oswald Warning: This is an article about a Genocide and will be tough reading. As discussed at the end of the last article, the...