Ending British Rule in Africa: Writers in a Common Cause - Couverture souple

Polsgrove, Carol

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719089018 ISBN 13 : 9780719089015

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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. These writers included West Indians George Padmore, C. L. R. James, and Ras Makonnen, Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta and Sierra Leone's I. T. A. Wallace Johnson. Polsgrove 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.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

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 --Bill Schwarz. American Historical Review

Biographie de l'auteur :

Carol Polsgrove is Professor Emeritus at the School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0719089018
• ISBN 13: 9780719089015
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208