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This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multi-lingual newspaper, "Abantu-Batho." Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convener Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, the paper published until 1931, and this work shows how it attracted the cream of African politicians; journalists; and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi, and Grendon. Comprising both essays on and texts from the paper, this book explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged as the essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. "The People's Paper" unveils a judicious selection of never-before-published columns, spanning every year of its life and drawn from repositories on three continents. Distinguished historians and literary scholars together with exciting young scholars plumb the lives and ideas of editors, writers, readers and allied movements. Sharing the considerable interest in the ANC centenary, this unique book will have a strong appeal and secure audience among all interested in history, politics, culture, literature, gender, biography, and journalism studies, from academics and students to a general public interested in knowing about this unique newspaper, its people, and the stories that once captivated South Africans.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Figurative images have long played a critical, if largely unexamined, role in Africa--mediating relationships between the colonizer and the colonized, the state and the individual, and the global and the local. This pivotal volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. Paul S. Landau and Deborah Kaspin have assembled a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits. The contributors, experts in a number of disciplines, discuss various modes of visuality in Africa and of Africa, investigating the interplay of visual images with personal identity, class, gender, politics, and wealth.
Integral to the argument of the book are over seventy contextualized illustrations. Africans saw foreigners in margarine wrappers, Tintin cartoons, circus posters, and Hollywood movies; westerners gleaned impressions of Africans from colonial exhibitions, Tarzan films, and naturalist magazines. The authors provide concrete examples of the construction of Africa's image in the modern world. They reveal how imperial iconographies sought to understand, deny, control, or transform authority, as well as the astonishing complexity and hybridity of visual communication within Africa itself.