Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014

Skinner, Kate (University of Birmingham)

Cambridge University Press

11/2017

319

Mole

Inglês

9781107427051

15 a 20 dias

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland examines the history and politics behind the failed project of Togoland unification, in which the United Nations trust territory of British Togoland was to be separated from the Gold Coast to join with French Togoland in a new independent African state.
1. Ablode: African political history, from below and from within; 2. Godly teachers and clever rascals: Southern British Togoland's intelligentsia; 3. Education, citizenship and the 'sacred trust'; 4. Revealing stepfather's secrets: making and losing the case for Togoland reunification; 5. Activists in exile: political possibility in the postcolony; 6. 'No one will hear your name again': the terms of the union; 7. Of elephants and umbrellas: Ablode in Ghana's political traditions.