Dissident Scribes: Some Lesser-known Activism In and Around Africa in the Early 20th Century

Despite a growing body of work on anti-colonialist movements and the activities of individual activists, there remain large gaps in our knowledge of early agitation in and around Africa, and the links between people. A scholarly focus on transnational networking in the 1930s to 1950s tends to oversh...

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Published in:Round table (London) 2010-06, Vol.99 (408), p.249-265
Main Author: Hughes, Lotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Africa
African diaspora
African history
Agitation
anti-colonialism
Christian socialism
Colonialism
East Africa
Europe
F. Z. S. Peregrino
Harriette Colenso
Henry Nevinson
journalism
Norman Leys
Pan-Africanism
Political activism
Political dissent
Social networks
South Africa
transnational networking
Transnationalism
West Africa
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Summary:Despite a growing body of work on anti-colonialist movements and the activities of individual activists, there remain large gaps in our knowledge of early agitation in and around Africa, and the links between people. A scholarly focus on transnational networking in the 1930s to 1950s tends to overshadow earlier agitation, by people whose achievements are too often forgotten now, but who laid the foundations for later struggle, decolonisation, and modern-day humanitarian activity. This article discusses some lesser-known agitators, both European and African, active in Africa in the 1900s (though Colenso began earlier), who used copious correspondence, the press and humanitarian networks to highlight colonial abuses and challenge imperial policy. It focuses largely on, and draws parallels between, Dr Norman Leys (working in East Africa), Henry Nevinson (West Africa), F. Z. S. Peregrino (West and South Africa) and Harriette Colenso (South Africa).
ISSN:0035-8533
1474-029X
DOI:10.1080/00358533.2010.484137