The Architect of Imperial Ambition In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), Britain’s newly appointed High Commissioner for South […]
The Powder Keg of Southern Africa In October 1899, the long-simmering tensions between British imperial ambitions and Boer republicanism erupted […]
The Rise of British Imperialism in Southern Africa In 1897, Alfred Milner arrived in Cape Town as Britain’s new High […]
From Dusty Village to Gilded Capital: The Rise of Pretoria The discovery of gold in the Transvaal transformed Pretoria from […]
From Diamond Fields to Imperial Power At just 37 years old in 1890, Cecil Rhodes stood at the zenith of […]
The Legend of Ophir and the Birth of a Gold Rush The discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand in the […]
The Rise of a Boer Statesman Paul Kruger’s journey from a humble farmer to the president of the Transvaal Republic […]
The Birth of a Diamond Rush The year 1881 marked a turning point in southern Africa’s diamond industry. As the […]
The Rise of British Imperialism in Southern Africa In the 1870s, as diamond magnates in Kimberley pursued their fortunes, Britain’s […]
The Spark That Ignited a Continent The discovery of diamonds in 1866 near Hopetown, Cape Colony, set off a chain […]
