Author: Jerry L. WeaverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
British Policy and Political Developments in Central Africa, 1885-1960
Author: Jerry L. WeaverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Negotiating the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1959-1964
Author: Peter DockingPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783030880903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This book examines conferences and commissions held for British colonial territories in East and Central Africa in the early 1960s. Until 1960, the British and colonial governments regularly employed hard methods of colonial management in East and Central Africa, such as instituting states of emergency and imprisoning political leaders. A series of events at the end of the 1950s made hard measures no longer feasible, including criticism from the United Nations. As a result, softer measures became more prevalent, and the use of constitutional conferences and commissions became an increasingly important tool for the British government in seeking to manage colonial affairs. During the period 1960-64, a staggering sixteen conferences and ten constitutional commissions were held for British colonies in East and Central Africa. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of how the British sought to make use of these events to control and manage the pace of change. The author also demonstrates how commissions and conferences helped shape politics and African popular opinion in the early 1960s. Whilst giving the British government temporary respite, conferences and commissions ultimately accelerated the decolonisation process by transferring more power to African political parties and engendering softer perceptions on both sides. Presenting both British and African perspectives, this book offers an innovative exploration into the way that these episodes played an important part in the decolonisation of Africa. It shows that far from being dry and technical events, conferences and commissions were occasions of drama that tell us much about how the British government and those in Africa engaged with the last days of empire.
British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa, Part I
Author: Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780112905868
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Central Africa
Author: University of London: Institute of Commonwealth StudiesPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780112905875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The main purpose of the British Documents on the End of Empire Project (BDEEP) is to publish documents from British official archives on the ending of colonial rule and the context in which this took place. This publication is the second part of a two volume set (ISBN 0112905889) which traces British policy towards Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (Malawi) from the end of the Second World War to the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by Southern Rhodesia in 1965, including the role of the Central African Federation. This publication contains documents from the years 1959 to 1965.
The Turning Point in Africa
Author: Robert D. PearcePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135780455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This is a study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-wqr eyars to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after World War II.
Central African Federation
Author: Henri Francois JunodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Development of British Colonial Policy in Central Africa
Author: Bartle BullA New Deal in Central Africa
Author: Colin LeysPublisher: London, Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
British Policy in Changing Africa
Author: Sir Andrew CohenPublisher: London : Routledge and K. Paul
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Selling the Congo
Author: Matthew G. StanardPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803239882
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908–60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, British, and other European overseas empires. Comparing Belgium to other imperial powers, the book finds that pro-empire propaganda was a basic part of European overseas expansion and administration during the modern period. Arguing against the long-held belief that Belgians were merely “reluctant imperialists,” Stanard demonstrates that in fact many Belgians readily embraced imperialistic propaganda. Selling the Congo contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of twentieth-century propaganda by revealing its successes and failures in the Belgian case. Many readers familiar with more-popular histories of Belgian imperialism will find in this book a deeper examination of European involvement in central Africa during the colonial era.