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AFRICA'S "AGITATORS": Militant Anti-Colonialism in Africa and the West, 1918-1939
Jonathan Derrick
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Description for AFRICA'S "AGITATORS": Militant Anti-Colonialism in Africa and the West, 1918-1939
Paperback. Recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. This book covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in South Africa who fought against legal and other aspects of white minority rule. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
The period between the two World Wars were troubling years for colonial empire. Individuals and organizations called for major reforms and an end to white supremacy and colonial rule, contributing first to local unrest and protest and then to anticolonial activity not only in Africa but the United States and Europe as well. In this compelling history, Jonathan Derrick recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. He covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in ... Read more
The period between the two World Wars were troubling years for colonial empire. Individuals and organizations called for major reforms and an end to white supremacy and colonial rule, contributing first to local unrest and protest and then to anticolonial activity not only in Africa but the United States and Europe as well. In this compelling history, Jonathan Derrick recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. He covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
494
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659365
SKU
V9781850659365
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About Jonathan Derrick
Jonathan Derrick is a freelance editor and scholar who for twenty years served on the editorial staff of West Africa Magazine. He has published several scholarly articles on African history and, with Ralph Austen, is the coauthor of Middlemen of the Cameroons River: The Duala and Their Hinterland, c.1600-c.1960.
Reviews for AFRICA'S "AGITATORS": Militant Anti-Colonialism in Africa and the West, 1918-1939
A richly detailed, well-researched study of African political activism between the two World Wars ... an important contribution to an under-explored period in African history. Derrick presents a study that is valuable for both its breadth of information and the arguments it raises for the role of Africa in global anti-imperialism during the first half of the twentieth century.
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