African activists in a decolonising world : the making of an anticolonial culture, 1952-1966 /

As wars of liberation in Africa and Asia shook the post-war world, a cohort of activists from East and Central Africa, specifically the region encompassing present-day Malawi, Zambia, Uganda and mainland Tanzania, asked what role they could play in the global anticolonial landscape. Through the pers...

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Main Author: Milford, Ismay, 1992- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Global and international history.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Regional learning: Makerere, Mau Mau and the anti-Federation campaign
  • Information sources: Socialist internationalism and the limits of London and Delhi
  • Before Accra: Holding independent states accountable, from Cairo to Mwanza
  • Publicity and violence in the shadow of Algeria: Old methods, new settings and the distant UN
  • Conspiracy in the Congo: Youth, students and the Cold War challenge
  • Radio waves: Statehood, fundraising and the fate of an anticolonial culture
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.