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South Africa: The Death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth Definitively Ends the Age of Empire
Daily Maverick, 8 September 2022
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at her Balmoral residence on the afternoon of Thursday, 8 September. For her former subjects across the… Read more »
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Africa: Queen Elizabeth II's Death Sparks Mixed Feelings Across Africa
DW, 9 September 2022
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has led to glowing tributes from leaders across Africa, but also criticism of the monarch and her country's colonial legacy on a continent where… Read more »
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Africa: Africans Say Goodbye to Queen Who Led Britain Into Post-Colonial Era
VOA, 9 September 2022
Condolence messages on the death of Queen Elizabeth have been pouring in from Africa, where the queen made many visits during her 70-year rule. Read more »
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Africa: Former African Colonies Remember Queen's Legacy With Mixed Emotions
RFI, 9 September 2022
From becoming head of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1952 to witnessing the independence of many African countries, Queen Elizabeth II watched a century of history unfold. RFI… Read more »
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Africa: Goodbye to a Queen Whose Reign Saw Britain Let Go of Its Colonies
Scrolla, 8 September 2022
Climate catastrophe, war, and political turmoil took a back seat on Thursday night to news that the ailing Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest ever reigning monarch, had died. Read more »
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South Africa: How Meeting the Queen Made Me Pity Her
Daily Maverick, 8 September 2022
For a second, with all the trappings of her gilded cage stripped away, she seemed both vulnerable and old. I experienced a sudden surge of affection for this short, hunched,… Read more »
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Africa: Queen Elizabeth II - 'Reassuring Presence' Throughout Decades of 'Sweeping Change'
UN News, 8 September 2022
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed on Thursday, his deep sadness at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain… Read more »
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Africa: Queen's Death Marks The End of the 'New Elizabethan Age'
The Conversation Africa, 8 September 2022
When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, Britain was just seven years out of the second world war. Rebuilding work was still ongoing, and rationing key products such as… Read more »
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Africa: Queen Elizabeth II - A Moderniser Who Steered the British Monarchy Into the 21st Century
The Conversation Africa, 8 September 2022
When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biography, his colleagues expressed surprise that he should consider Queen Elizabeth II worthy of serious study at all.… Read more »
Death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II 'Ends the Age of Empire'
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at the age of 96 at her Balmoral residence on the afternoon of Thursday, September 8, 2022.
Rebecca Davis writes for South Africa's Daily Maverick that for the first nine years of the queen's reign, she was the Sovereign of South Africa. When she ascended to the throne in 1952, the British Empire still held about 70 colonies abroad. Zimbabwe would gain its independence from the crown only in 1980. Within the queen's lifetime, she would see the end of that empire more or less officially arrive in 1997, when the last significant colony, Hong Kong, was transferred back to China.
