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Negotiating the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1959-1964 - Conferences, Commissions and Decolonisation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Negotiating the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1959-1964 - Conferences, Commissions and Decolonisation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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This book examines conferences and commissions held for British
colonial territories in East and Central Africa in the early 1960s.
Until 1960, the British and colonial governments regularly employed
hard methods of colonial management in East and Central Africa,
such as instituting states of emergency and imprisoning political
leaders. A series of events at the end of the 1950s made hard
measures no longer feasible, including criticism from the United
Nations. As a result, softer measures became more prevalent, and
the use of constitutional conferences and commissions became an
increasingly important tool for the British government in seeking
to manage colonial affairs. During the period 1960-64, a staggering
sixteen conferences and ten constitutional commissions were held
for British colonies in East and Central Africa. This book is the
first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of how the British
sought to make use of these events to control and manage the pace
of change. The author also demonstrates how commissions and
conferences helped shape politics and African popular opinion in
the early 1960s. Whilst giving the British government temporary
respite, conferences and commissions ultimately accelerated the
decolonisation process by transferring more power to African
political parties and engendering softer perceptions on both sides.
Presenting both British and African perspectives, this book offers
an innovative exploration into the way that these episodes played
an important part in the decolonisation of Africa. It shows that
far from being dry and technical events, conferences and
commissions were occasions of drama that tell us much about how the
British government and those in Africa engaged with the last days
of empire.
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