Origins of Pan-Africanism : Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780415879590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 372 str.

Marika Sherwood

Opis

'Origins of Pan-Africanism' recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams. Each chapter is set in the social context of the times, providing insight not only into a remarkable man who has been heretofore virtually written out of history, but also into the African Diaspora in the UK a century ago.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. From Childhood to Teaching  2. Somewhere in North America 1891 – 1896  3. The First Years in London, 1896 – 1899  4. The African Association  5. Preparations for the Pan-African Conference  6. The Pan-African Conference, July 1900  7. The Pan-African Association August 1900 – February 1901  8. Spreading the Word  9. London, September 1901 – September 1903  10. Struggles in South Africa 1903 – 1904  11. Back in London, 1905 – 1908  12. Williams the Elected Politician 1906 – 1908  13. Working for Africans and West Indians  14. Involved with Liberia, 1907 – 1908  15. Returning Home

O autorze

Marika Sherwood is Hungarian-born, and has researched and published on various aspects of Black British history, especially on Black political activists and on education issues. In 1992Marika and her colleaguesfounded the Black & Asian Studies Association, to encourage research and disseminate information on this history. She edited BASA’s Newsletter until2007 and chaired BASA until c.2005.