The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... Indian soldiers fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 - 1902, and in both world wars. The Benin Bronzes are elaborate ...

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa. Matabele Wars in South Africa.

"These events in South Africa are being watched by the whole world. They will silence many voices which have been all too ready to say that the days of the British empire are over," declared a ...

For Victoria, who would never venture farther south from England than ... At the bottom of Africa, the decline and dismemberment of the British Empire was beginning.

For Victoria, who would never venture farther south from England than France and Italy, it was a tactile introduction to the Empire ... Africa, but he left anyway, joining the main column of the ...

the struggle against the British Empire, then against apartheid, and the conflict between political parties that threatened to derail South Africa's transition to democracy in the 1990s.