How Old Empires Rebranded Themselves and Learned to Rule Through Chaos COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | On Christmas Day in 1497, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa. He named the land he encountered Natalis—Portuguese for Christmas. Today, it is known as KwaZulu-Natal. Da Gama’s voyage opened a new maritime artery linking … The post The Afterlife of Empire – Cape to Cairo, Darfur to Kivu appeared first on The Independent Uganda: .