Populism and the Africanists in East London in the 1940s and Early 1950s.
This article considers popular political mobilisation in East London prior to the launch of the Defiance Campaign in the city in 1952, which ignited a racial war. It suggests that the failure of the municipal authority to assimilate urbanising Africans from regional mission stations and schools, esp...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 49; no. 5/6; pp. 743 - 765 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct-Dec2023
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