Combines into one edition for the first time Africa: The Politics of Independence and Africa: The Politics of Unity. With a new introduction by the author, this edition provides some of the earliest and most valuable analysis of African politics during the period when the colonial system began to disintegrate. The influential Africa: The Politics of Independence was written as Africa was just realizing independence and still revealing in the optimism it brought. Immanuel Wallerstein was one of the few scholars who had travelled throughout Africa during the collapse of colonial rule. As a result, his interpretive essay captures the dynamism of that period of transformation and adroitly analyses Africa’s modern political developments during the nascent process of decolonisation. Africa: The Politics of Unity, published six years later, examines the African unity movement that arose between 1957 and 1965 and its revolutionary core. It is often considered the first thorough analysis of the post-independence history of Africa. Index, 280pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS.

The period between the two World Wars were troubling years for colonial empire. Individuals and organizations called for major reforms and an end to white supremacy and colonial rule, contributing first to local unrest and protest and then to anticolonial activity not only in Africa but the United States and Europe as well. In this compelling history, Jonathan Derrick recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. He covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in South Africa who fought against legal and other aspects of white minority rule. He also analyses the Kikuyu protests against the settler regime in Kenya; Marcus Garvey's African American movement and its role in sparking interest in Africa; the Etoile Nord Africaine, formed mainly by Algerians in France, that called for the independence of French North Africa; protests led by European critics against forced labor in Kenya and French Equatorial Africa; and the activity of small militant groups like the Ligue de Defense de la Race Negre (LDRN) in France and George Padmore's International African Service Bureau (IASB) in Britain. Index, bib, 483pp, UK. HURST & CO.

Explores the lingering effects of colonization in present day Africa. This new work explores the social climate of Africa and the thriving colonial mentality through issues such as matriarchy, religion, tradition and values, law, the influence of Islam, and government. 152pp, USA. ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD.

The long-awaited re-evaluation of colonialism's legacy from the author of 'The Colonizer and the Colonized'. He shows how, in light of a radically changed world, it would be problematic and even irresponsible to continue to deploy concepts that were useful and valid during the period of anti-colonial struggle. Translated by Robert Bononno. 148pp, USA . UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS.

A comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s. It focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies, with reference to a number of key cases across the European colonial empires. The book presents an original model of decolonization which seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives, and engages with important theoretical approaches. Major themes include: the development of the colonial state; the emergence of nationalist movements and alternatives to nationalism in colonial societies; the interplay between colonial reformism and anti-colonial politics after 1945; wars and emergencies; the impact of decolonization on metropolitan society and politics; and, the 'endgame' of decolonization. While decolonization is often seen as 'inevitable', the emphasis throughout the book is on decolonization as a dynamic and often violent political crisis, the resolution of which had many unintended outcomes, not only for the colonial powers but also for post-colonial regimes and societies. Index, bib, 269pp, UK. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING.

An interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing key issues in decolonisation such as metropolitan politics, gender, race, sexuality, nationalism and economy amongst others. Index, notes, x, 462pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE, 0415231175

One of the most significant changes of the post-1945 world has been the decline and final dismemberment of European colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. In this study each major European colony receives separate treatment. 272pp, UK, PALGRAVE.

Nineteen essays by scholars of decolonization, statesmen such as Ho Chi minh and intellectuals such as Franz Fanon. These chapters present new views of the historical processes of decolonization and global history. Index, notes, maps, xvi, 312pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

On the eve of World War II, a small, impoverished group of Africans and West Indians in London dared to imagine the unimaginable: the end of British rule in Africa. In books, pamphlets, and periodicals, they launched an anti-colonial campaign that used publishing as a pathway to liberation. West Indians George Padmore, C. L. R. James, and Ras Makonnen; Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta and Sierra Leone's I. T. A. Wallace Johnson - these were writers in a common cause. This study draws on previously unexplored manuscript and archival collections to trace the development of this publishing community from its origins in George Padmore's American and Comintern years through the independence of Ghana in the 1957 - a case study of publishing's role in promoting political change. 240pp, UK. MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Argues that the rapid unfurling of events after the second World War was a complex, piecemeal and unpredictable process, resulting in a 'successful decolonization' that was achieved largely by accident. At independence the winners assumed the reins of political power, while the losers were often repressed, imprisoned or silenced. 11 figs, notes, bib, index, xviii, 264pp, UK. BERG.

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Traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, itself the mirror-image of what was to become decolonisation, through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust', the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and finally, to the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence. Of particular relevance as its 50th anniversary approaches, the Suez crisis was the icon of empire's end. 1082pp, UK. I B TAURIS.

Comprehensive history of the five African Lusophone countries since they became independent in 1974-5. Also links the pre-colonial and colonial past with postcolonial events. Map, notes, bib, index, xx, 339pp, UK . HURST & CO.

A collection of reports, documents, and extracts selected from a wealth of sources illustrating the themes of Black liberation and self determination. Authors, leaders and philosophers represented include J.E. Casely Hayford, Jomo Kenyatta, A. Crummell, S.R.B. Attoh Ahuma, O.Faduma, Kobina Sekyi, Haile Selassie I, L.S. Senghor, Milton Obote, K.T. Houenou, N. Azikwe, T.J. Mboya, Harry Thuku, Sekou Toure, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Amilcar Cabral and many others. 858pp, UK. REX COLLINGS.

In the decades after 1945, as colonial possessions became independent states, it was widely believed that imperialism as a historical phenomenon was coming to an end. The six essays collected here demonstrate that a new form of imperialism was, in fact, taking shape. An imperialism defined not by colonial rule but by the global capitalist market. From the outset, the dominant power was the United States. Index, notes, 152pp, USA. MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS, 1583670947

The result of a conference organized by the Contemporary Portuguese Political History Research Centre (CPHRC) and the University of Dundee in September 2000, bringing together various experts in the field to analyse and debate the process of Portuguese decolonization and the effects of this on the Portuguese themselves. A multidisciplinary look at both the causes and the consequences of Portuguese decolonization, and places the loss of Portugal's Eastern Empire in the context of the loss of its African Empire and the search for a new Portuguese sense of its place in the world. Bib, 156pp, UK. INTELLECT BOOKS.

Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the Companion includes: thematic chapters, a detailed chronology and thorough glossary biographies of key figures and maps. Providing comprehensive coverage of a broad and complex subject area, the guide explores: the global context for decolonization; nationalism and the rise of resistance movements; resistance by white settlers and moves towards independence; Hong Kong and Macau, and decolonization in the late Twentieth Century; debates surrounding neo-colonialism, and the rise of development projects and aid; the legacy of colonialism in law, education, administration and the military. 352pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

These letters are from seven different journeys; they have many insights into an important transition period in modern African history, as seen through the eyes of an independent and sympathetic observer of the new radicalism which was asserting itself in Africa. They take the reader on travels across Anglophone and Francophone Africa, and to Islamic centres of learning, they chart a journey of intellectual discovery; sketch portraits of the young African activists, among them Kwame Nkrumah, who became the prime ministers and presidents of the independent states and portray aspects of officialdom in the late colonial administrations. The book is extensively annotated to provide fascinating additional detail on the persons mentioned. Notes, index, x, 214pp, UK . HAAN ASSOCIATES PUBLISHING.

When Thomas Hodgkin left Oxford few would have expected that someone from a privileged public school would emerge as a Marxist and a dissident. Michael Wolfers provides the first detailed biography of Hodgkin - as a remarkable human being and intellectual. He travelled extensively in Africa and became one of the founders of a new discipline of African Studies, writing African Political Parties and Nationalism in Colonial Africa. His Vietnam: The Revolutionary Path, was written in the midst of American intervention. He was an unconventional scholar: Frantz Fanon sent him to see the Algerian revolution; Che Guevara came for drinks in Ghana. 211pp, UK. MERLIN PRESS.

An account of the major wars of decolonisation fought by France in Indochina, Algeria, Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco. The author puts each military operation into its historical context and discusses their significance as part of a wider colonial and post colonial context. Includes a chronology and a guide to further reading. Index, maps, 234pp, UK. LONGMAN.