The rise of nationalism in Central Africa; the making of Malawi and Zambia, 1873-1964
- Title
- The rise of nationalism in Central Africa; the making of Malawi and Zambia, 1873-1964 [by] Robert I. Rotberg.
- Published by
- Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1965.
- Author
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- Description
- xv, 362 pages illustrations, maps, portraits; 22 cm
- Summary
- Detailed study of the political evolution of two independent states of tropical Africa, tracing their efforts to achieve self-government.
- Series statement
- Harvard paperbacks ; 39
- Uniform title
- Harvard paperback ; 39.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- The coming of the Europeans. The explorers ; The missionaries ; The conquest ; Governing the people -- The character of white rule. The problem of land rights ; The imposition of hut and poll taxes ; Colonial government, justice, and discrimination -- The beginnings of indigenous protest. The first stirrings of discontent ; The vision of a black Jerusalem ; Resistance and rebellion in early Rhodesian society ; The Nyasaland rising of 1915 -- The attempt to achieve minority rule. The search for security ; The settler challenge -- African voluntary associations and the expression of incipient nationalism. Nyasaland: the proliferation of "native associations" ; Welfare associations: the Rhodesian pattern -- The religious expression of dissatisfaction. The Watch Tower movement ; Mwana Lesa and the finding of witches ; The schismatic sects ; Wilfred Good and the Ana a Mulungu -- Industrialization and the expression of urban discontent. The first mass protest: 1935 ; A second round of hostility: 1940 -- Discovering their voice: the formation of national political movements. The creation of the Nyasaland African Congress ; The representation of African interests in Northern Rhodesia -- Paramountcy versus partnership: the battle of federation. From the Victoria Falls to Brondesbury Park ; Back to the Victoria Falls ; The road to Carlton House terrace -- The federal dream and African reality. The bitterness ; "Toiling and going to prison" ; The new militancy ; The struggle for power -- The triumph of nationalism. The new parties ; The stages of victory.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- "Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University."
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [329]-340.