African History Glossary - P

PAI -- Polizia dell'Africa Italiana
Who were the PAI?

Paris Club
Paris Club -- international financial group which is affiliated to the International Monetary Fund

Parliament
What is a Parliament?

Pasha
Find out more about the Ottoman title Pasha

Pass Laws
What were the Pass Laws in Apartheid era South Africa?

Patrimonial Rule
What is Patrimonial Rule?

PDS -- Parti Démocratique Sénégalais
What is the Parti Démocratique Sénégalais?

Petroglyph
What is a Petroglyph?

Battle of Philippeville -- 20 August 1955
The Battle of Philippeville was the first major engagement of the Algerian War of Independence.

Pictogram
What is a pictogram?

Pied-Noir
Pied-Noir is a French term of particular significance to the Algerian War of Independence.

Plebiscite
What is a Plebiscite?

Portable Rock Art
What is meant by Portable Rock Art?

PPS -- Parti Progressive Soudanais
What is the Parti Progressive Soudanais / Progressive Sudanese Party?

Pretoria Minute
What was the Pretoria Minute?

Proletariat
Who are the Proletariat?

Political Institutions
What are Political Institutions?