Ending British rule in Africa: writers in a common cause

Clearly narrated and based on an impressive range and volume of sources, this book contributes to the recent wave of research which is concerned with the transnational dimension of black movements -- English Historical Review

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1. Verfasser: Polsgrove, Carol (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester ; New York Manchester University Press 2012
Ausgabe:Paperback edition
Schriftenreihe:Studies in imperialism
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Zusammenfassung:Clearly narrated and based on an impressive range and volume of sources, this book contributes to the recent wave of research which is concerned with the transnational dimension of black movements -- English Historical Review
On the eve of World War II, a small, impoverished group of Africans and West Indians in London dared to imagine the unimaginable: the end of British rule in Africa. In books, pamphlets, and periodicals, they launched an anti-colonial campaign that used publishing as a pathway to liberation. West Indians George Padmore, C. L. R. James, and Ras Makonnen; Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta and Sierra Leone’s I. T. A. Wallace Johnson –made their point: that colonial rule was oppressive and inconsistent with the democratic ideals Britain claimed at home. Ending British Rule in Africa draws on previously unexplored manuscript and archival collections to trace the development of this publishing community from its origins in George Padmore’s American and Comintern years through the independence of Ghana in the 1957. This original study will be of interest to scholars and general readers interested in social movements, diaspora studies, empire and African history, publishing history, literary history, and cultural studies
Carol Polsgrove possesses an acute historical intelligence...Her knowledge of black politics, and of the journalistic practices in which race politics was articulated, runs deep. Her new volume, which appears under the imprint of Manchester University Press's important, lively, and ever-expanding "Studies in Imperialism" series, takes a wider conspectus -- Bill Schwarz, American Historical Review
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 186 Seiten)
ISBN:9781526118516
9781526118523
DOI:10.7765/9781526118516

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