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Reporting on Africa: From Apartheid to Pan-Africanism, 1949–1995 - Volumes
Volumes
5 volumes in Reporting on Africa: From Apartheid to Pan-Africanism, 1949–1995
Documents, Papers & Memoranda on the Growth of the Pan-African Movement since 1952
A wealth of newspaper cuttings, extracts from journals, pamphlets and typescript material on Pan-African leaders and personalities; Pan-African themes; political and economic issues relating to Pan-Africanism, conferences and summits. The most prominent theme of these records is that of the Addis Ababa Conference of Heads of State in May 1963; this conference brought together Heads of African States who had just been freed from colonial rule and sought to establish the identity of their continent in a manner previously inhibited by colonial rule. The result of the Addis Ababa Conference was the Addis Ababa Charter of The Organisation of African Unity. Following these papers are records of subsequent conferences on a variety of socio-economic issues affecting the continent. Read more →
Resolutions etc of The Organisation of African Unity and Other Documents Since 1963
Printed and typescript material, together with numerous newspaper cuttings and journal articles. The majority of these documents relate to conferences of the Organisation for African Unity. The key theme for these conferences is African countries' relationships both with the world and with each other. Issues of international relations include the OAU's relationships with international organisations such as the United Nations, issues with countries closer to home such as South Africa, and the intracontinental OAU Assistance Fund for the Struggle against Colonialism and Apartheid. Read more →
South Africa: The Early Years of Apartheid South African Press Digests, 1949-1972
This weekly typed digest summarising all of South Africa's principal newspapers and magazines, seperated by year into documents, was issued by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies throughout the first 24 years of Apartheid. Recurring themes include increases in restrictions placed upon first the non-white, then the general population - Communism being a common charge for which activists were put under house arrest without trial. These digests also focus upon the party politics of the time with frequent updates on how the white-only electoral results are likely to be affected by parties' policies towards the non-white populations. Reports of civil disobedience are also common throughout these documents. Read more →
Colin Legum's Third World Reports 1982-1995
A weekly background news analysis of developments in the Third World and of relations between the major world powers and Third World countries. A central theme of these reports is regime change through war and bloodshed. The civil wars in Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and Angola are followed or in some cases preceeded by peace talks. Meanwhile, 1984 sees a famine result in a food crisis that leaves hundreds of millions of Africans without enough food to eat. Namibia has its first election despite fears of candidates being assassinated and there is an attempt on the life of Colonel Gadafi. The coverage of this decade also covers South Africa's Transition from a state with minority rule and extensive restrictions upon its non-white population, to a state with it's first democratically elected President in 1994. Read more →
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