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Subject(s)

• West African Students' Union [Browse]
• West Africans—Great Britain—History—20th century [Browse]
• West Africans—Great Britain—Politics and government [Browse]
• Students, Black—Great Britain—History—20th century [Browse]
• Students, Black—Great Britain—Political activity [Browse]
• Great Britain—Race relations [Browse]
• Students, Black—Political activity—Great Britain [Browse]
• Great Britain—Race relations—History—20th century [Browse]

Summary note

"This book tells the story of the struggles of West African students in Britain, and their battles to articulate a coherent, anti-colonial politics. Hakim Adi documents the emergence of the West African Students' Union (WASU), and its alliances with political organisations in Britain - including both the CPGB and the Labour Party - as well as with organisations in Africa. WASU was an immensely vibrant organisation, and its members helped to pave the way for the successful independence movements later to influence so many African states. In West Africans in Britain 1900-1960, Hakim Adi charts the achievements of the student movement in combating racism and the 'colour bar' in Britain, and shows how the hostility of British society served only to create a sense of unity amongst the students. This allowed WASU the ideological and political space to form its critique of colonial rule. Based on extensive research, the book is valuable for the light it sheds on the lives of black people living in Britain before the second world war. But the book is more than a simple account of Africans within the context of British society - it shows the influence these pioneers have had on a world scale." -- Publisher's description

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Pioneers of black politics
• West African student organisations, 1923-30
• Search for a black united front, 1930-39
• War years, 1939-45
• Africanisation and radicalisation: Cold War responses, 1945-49
• 1950's: Communism and Nationalism

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Project Muse UPCC books

ISBN

0853158487

LCCN

^^^98185891^

OCLC

39097279

RCP

H - S

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