Travel

These are Alison's journals and photo articles from journeys, looking at how the legacies of slavery, empire and colonial rule are lived with and remembered today.

South Africa

September 2026

Fort Peddie: a historic British military outpost - built in 1825 during the Border Wars. Alan Weyer a local historian who is tells the story of the Eastern...

The Last Emperor of Abyssinia

September 2026

The country is now known as Ethiopia. He was killed by unknown gunmen in 1975. He is also revered by Rastafarians whose religion was created in his name. In...