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The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland
Katharine Alexandra Collier Skinner
其他書名
Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914–2014
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2015-06-17
主題
History / Africa / General
History / Africa / West
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Social History
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Political Science / World / African
ISBN
1107074630
9781107074637
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UKymCQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The end of World War I saw the former German protectorate of Togoland split into British- and French- administered territories, and by the late 1940s, a political movement known as Ablɔɖe (meaning 'freedom' in the Ewe language) called for the reunification of British and French Togoland into an independent multiethnic state. Despite its efforts, the United Nations trust territory of British Togoland was ultimately merged with the Gold Coast to become part of independent Ghana; three years later French Togoland achieved a separate independence as Togo. Based on interviews with former political activists and their families, access to private papers, and a collection of oral and written propaganda, this book examines the history behind the failed project of Togoland reunification. Kate Skinner challenges the marginalization of the Togoland question from popular and academic analyses of post-colonial politics and explores present-day ramifications of the contingencies of decolonization.