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Convinced By Her Sister In Their Childhood That Buying Seven Boxes Of Macaroni Daily Will Prevent Bad Luck, Minnie, Now Grown Up, Is Not Pleased To Find Out Her Sister Was Only Fooling. Introduction -- Part One: -- Chapter I. New-world Origins Of Pan-negro Sentiment -- (1) Ideological Origins In America -- (2) Racism, Colonialism, And Pan-africanism -- (3) African Responses -- Chapter Ii. The 'african Movement' And The Pan-african Movement: 1914-1927 -- (1) An Early Attempt At Black Zionism -- (2) Du Bois And Garvey: Two Schools Of Pan-africa -- (3) West African Attitudes To The Pan-african Movement -- Part Two: -- Chapter Iii. The National Congress Of British West Africa: 1920-1930 -- (1) Background And Origins -- (2) 'dream Of Unity' -- Chapter Iv. The Territorial Committees Of The N.c.b.w.a. -- (1) The Gambia Section -- (2) The Sierra Leone Section -- (3) The Gold Coast Section -- (4) The Nigerian Section -- Chapter V. Nationalism, Pan-africanism, And Colonial Economics: 1918-1939 -- Part Three: -- Chapter Vi. A Pan-african Pressure-group In London: 1920-1921 -- (1) 'good Government' V. 'liberty Of The Subject' -- (2) The 'clifford Constitution': Politics, Pressure, And Personality -- Chapter Vii. The Movement And Thought Of Francophone Pan-negroism: 1924-1936 -- Chapter Viii. Prelude To Manchester: Pan-african Radicalism And Protest, 1935-1939 -- (1) Impact Of The Italo-ethiopian Crisis On Pan-african Thought -- (2) The Protest Movement In Britain And West Africa -- Chapter Ix. The Manchester Congress And Revival Of The Pan-west African Idea -- (1) The Manchester Congress -- (2) West African National Secretariat -- Conclusion: Past And Present -- Appendix I. The London Manifesto (29 August 1921) -- Appendix Ii. Manifesto For Presentation To The United Nations Conference, San Francisco, April 1945 -- Appendix Iii. 'to All Oppressed Nations And All Oppressed Classes': The Manifesto Of The Brussels Congress On The Struggle With Imperialism By J. Ayodele Langley.
This work investigates the complex interplay between Pan-African ideology and the emergence of nationalist movements in West Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. J. Ayodele Langley, a scholar of African political history, utilizes extensive archival research and primary source documentation to analyze how social classes and intellectual currents shaped the political landscape of the region. The text argues that Pan-Africanism was not a monolithic movement but a diverse set of responses to colonial economic structures and racial politics, evolving significantly between 1900 and 1945.
What You Will Find
Scholars and historians frequently cite this text as a foundational resource for understanding the intellectual origins of West African nationalism. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of the socio-political dynamics defining the pre-independence era.
Page Count:
421
Publication Date:
1973-01-01
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
ISBN-10:
0198216890
ISBN-13:
9780198216896
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