Imperial encore : the cultural project of the late British empire /
"In the 1930s, British colonial officials introduced broadcasting services, publication bureaus, and film units into Africa under the rubric of colonial development. They used radio, film, and mass-produced books to spread British values and the English language across the continent. This proje...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Berkeley series in British studies ;
18. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1b742vz |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Shakespeare in Africa : the British Council and drama export
- "Bringing books to Africans" : publishing in colonial East Africa
- "This is London..." : BBC broadcasting to colonial Africa
- "... Calling Africa" : capturing the Cold War audience
- Patrons of postcolonial culture : British publishers and African writers
- From culture to aid to paid : cultural relations after empire
- Epilogue.