Proudly we can be Africans : Black Americans and Africa, 1935-1961 /

In the mid-20th century nations across Africa fought for their independence from colonial forces. By examining black Americans' attitudes toward and responses to these struggles, this work probes the shifting meaning of Africa in the intellectual, political and social lives of African Americans...

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מחבר ראשי: Meriwether, James Hunter, 1963- (Author)
פורמט: Licensed eBooks
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
סדרה:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
גישה מקוונת:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=82175
תוכן הענינים:
  • Ethiopia : the Italo-Ethiopian War and reconceptualizing contemporary Africa, 1935-1936
  • In world war and cold war : configuring anticolonialism and internationalism, 1941-1950
  • South Africa : apartheid and nonviolent resistance, 1948-1953
  • Kenya : the Mau Mau and revolutionary violence, 1952-1956
  • Ghana : African independence, 1957-1958
  • The year of Africa : lows, highs, and corners, 1960
  • Congo ; independence, Black nationalism, leftism, and splintering, 1960-1961.