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... 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,... 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... 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... Read more →
