Emmanuel Iduma

‘The Spoils of a Savage War’

David Diop turns what little is known about African soldiers’ involvement in World War I into a potent testimony on violence and guilt.

On Photography, Colonial History, and Collective Memory

“I want photographs to bring me closer to storytelling, to help me understand tragedy.”

Italy's History in Africa Reframed

By juxtaposing photographs from Catania and Nefasit, artist Dawit L. Petros suggests a connection between the migration of East Africans to Italy and the legacy of colonialism.

Cyprian Ekwensi’s Lagos Noir

People of the City is set in the late 1940s to early 1950s, in an unnamed city, at a time when West African countries were clamoring for self-government and independence from Britain.

Epitaph for the Biafran War's Lost Youth

The Biafran War, otherwise known as the Nigerian Civil War, lasted from July 6, 1967, until January 15, 1970, during which time an entire generation was wrenched from the future. My uncle was part of that generation.