Search results found for: africa Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: Military service in East AfricaTuesday 8 March 2022The four distinct women’s services auxiliary to the British Army in East Africa were...Records and researchResearching Africa at The National ArchivesThursday 22 October 2020In the course of Britain’s long-term involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and its...Records and researchThe Forgotten Army: West African Troops in Burma, 1945Wednesday 12 August 2020They have been called the ‘Forgotten Army’ – the British Fourteenth Army who, in...Records and researchAfrican Princess in Guy’s: The story of Princess Adenrele AdemolaWednesday 13 May 2020From Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent to Princess Alice of Greece, princess nurses have...Records and researchRichmond Park’s South African military hospitalTuesday 3 October 2017In August 1914, the Union of South Africa joined Britain and its allies in...Records and researchSouth Africa and the SommeMonday 18 July 2016To mark the centenary of the Somme Offensive we will be posting a series...Records and researchCrossing continents: textile designs for the West African marketWednesday 2 March 2016A closer look at some fresh and vibrant textile designs intended for export to...Records and researchAfrican hairMonday 13 July 2015During my search for traces of hair in the archives, one of the things...Behind the scenesReflecting on Windrush 75Wednesday 6 December 2023Iqbal Singh reflects on two 2023 projects that marked 75 years since HMT Empire...Behind the scenesAn interview with artist Ngadi SmartTuesday 12 September 2023We hear from Sierra Leonean artist Ngadi Smart, whose artwork, Windrush Stories is on...Records and researchMen, mules and machines: The South East Asian battlespace of the Second World WarWednesday 6 September 2023Explore Operation Longcloth, carried out in occupied Burma (current day Myanmar)...Records and researchRoy Sawh: From Where I StandMonday 14 August 2023In 1967, Sawh was put on trial under The Race Relations Act. Today, we... 1 2 3 … 16 »