Ending British rule in Africa

Informationen zum Autor Carol Polsgrove is Professor Emeritus at the School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introductionIntroduction: George Padmore, the man at the centre1. 'Misery laid bare'2. 'Generals without an army'3. Writing while the bombs fall4. 'A constant stream'5. Strategist, publicist6. Acts of betrayal7. Their own historiesSources Index

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

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
General Editor's introduction Introduction: George Padmore, the man at the centre 1. 'Misery laid bare' 2. 'Generals without an army' 3. Writing while the bombs fall 4. 'A constant stream' 5. Strategist, publicist 6. Acts of betrayal 7. Their own histories Sources Index

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