The former prime minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died aged 88. The cause of his death is unknown but he had been ill for some time at a residential home in South Africa. He illegally declared ...

To an outsider, the 250,000 whites of Rhodesia would seem to have little need to declare independence from Britain. They seem happy enough as they are. The climate is marvelous, the soil fertile, the ...

Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival, often described as the Reggae group’s most defiant and politically charged album, is now certified Gold in the United Kingdom. According to the British ...

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The California state Legislature swore in about 30 new lawmakers last week as it kicked off the new session. One of those new faces is Rhodesia Ransom — who has a background in local politics and ...

Britain’s Harold Wilson once called breakaway Rhodesia “my Viet Nam”—and with good reason. Since Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965, Wilson’s war of economic sanctions has cost Britain an ...

Special dates for Robert Mugabe, who resigned today from the presidency of Zimbabwe after 37 years in power: – 21 February 1924: Born in Kutama (west of Salisbury, now Harare) to a rural family. – ...

In the 1970s, American mercenaries traveled to Angola and Rhodesia, seized by racist, anti-communist dreams and delusions of grandeur. (PA Images / Getty) Jacobin‘s winter issue, “Municipal Socialism, ...

In June 2015, a young white man named Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. After accepting an invitation to pray with the parishioners, ...

In every journey, countless stories are born. Imagine being an envoy for over 27 years with a humanitarian organization like UNHCR – how many tales await narration? Beyond that, consider the wealth of ...

A century ago today, Robert Mugabe was born. The man who would come to rule over Zimbabwe between 1980 and 2017 was a brutal and autocratic tyrant. Mugabe shattered his country’s economy, oversaw ...