The Politics of Race in Britain and South Africa: Black British Solidarity and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle

ISBN-13: 9781784539740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

Elizabeth Williams

Opis

During the apartheid era, the British government faced an uneasy dilemma: while repudiating apartheid laws it maintained an ambiguous stance towards the South African government. This is the first book to examine the British support for the antiapartheid movement among its own black communities. Elizabeth Williams highlights the connection between domestic anti-racism struggles and the struggle in South Africa, showing how black Britons who were themselves fighting racism in British society identified and expressed solidarity with black South Africans during the apartheid years. Featuring the work of acclaimed documentary photographer Vanley Burke, this is an essential book for students and scholars of race, British history, international relations, post-colonial studies and South African history.