Even though I own a straw-woven pith helmet/veil combo I’ve formerly used to rob my bee hives, Melania Trump’s haute couture loud statements during her recent Africa jaunt have prompted me to ...

First lady Melania Trump has been criticized for wearing a white pith helmet while on a safari in Kenya on Friday. Trump spent this week visiting four countries in Africa in five days as her first ...

The pith helmet was frequently worn by European travellers and explorers visiting areas such as Africa, southeast Asia and the tropics in the late 19th Century.

Pith helmets were worn by European explorers and imperial administrators in Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East in the 19th century before being adopted by military officers, rapidly ...

Melania Trump’s pith helmet was never just a hat to keep off the sun. It is a symbol of how race and colonialism ghosts shape the African landscape when it comes to safari, poaching and trophy hunting ...

Laura Seay, an assistant professor at Colby College who studies African politics, conflict and development, tells NPR the pith helmet, a thick form of head protection, also came about because of ...

While pith helmets are still available for purchase online and in hat shops, they have come to symbolize white colonialist rule over the years, and, according to The Guardian, “a symbol of ...

Congolese community groups in Belgium are furious after revellers turned up to an Africa-themed party held in the grounds of a colonial museum dressed in pith helmets and blackface. For more than ...

Belgium’s racist colonial past was on full display at an Africa-themed party over the weekend that featured blackface, pith helmets and voodoo-like skulls on sticks, according to a new report.

Melania Trump is getting a lot of attention over a hat she wore during her visit to Africa this week – and not in a good way. The first lady is being criticized for wearing a white pith helmet ...