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Agenda Wednesday July 20

Agenda Wednesday July 20. Historical Commission of Inquiry: Aba Women’s War Lecture: Anti-colonial movements and independence in Africa. Aba Women’s War: Historical commission of inquiry. Terms of reference:

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Agenda Wednesday July 20

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  1. AgendaWednesday July 20 • Historical Commission of Inquiry: Aba Women’s War • Lecture: Anti-colonial movements and independence in Africa.

  2. Aba Women’s War: Historical commission of inquiry • Terms of reference: • to uncover the individual causes of the ‘women’s war’, and assess their contribution to stimulating the conflict. • to identify historical interpretations of the conflict, and assess their arguments and agendas. • Group 1: Perham • Group 2: Van Allen • Group 3: Bastian • Group 4: Chuku • Each group must be prepared to present the evidence from their article, and provide initial assessment. • Each group must ask one question for each of the other articles, highlighting their main themes, ideas, or arguments.

  3. Questions to consider • Who was the war/protest directed against? • What issues motivated it? • Why did it develop into the shape/form that it did? • When did it occur? Do we need to look at events before and after 1929 in order to understand it? • How did it develop?

  4. Anti-colonial movements and decolonization

  5. Background • Effects of WWII. • Charles de Gaulle, ‘New Deal’ for French West Africa. • Development of labour unions. • Organization of agricultural co-ops.

  6. Forging ‘national’ movements • Develop from 1945 onwards. • United in opposition to colonial rule. • Coalesce in urban areas, expand into countryside. • Most states gain independence without violence.

  7. Ghana • United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). • J.B. Danquah • Convention People’s Party (CPP). • Kwame Nkrumah • 1948 Accra riots. • 1951 election, Legislative Council. • Independence, 1957. Kwame Nkrumah

  8. Tanganyika • Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). • Julius Nyerere • Rooted in rural grievances. • Fears of further white settlement • Imposed agricultural improvements • Common language: Kiswahili. • Independence, 1961.

  9. Nigeria • Large and diverse, hard to create ‘national’ ethos. • was the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC). • NnamdiAzikiwe • Northern People’s Congress. • Yoruba Action Group. • Independence, 1960.

  10. Kenya • Kenya African Union (KAU). • Jomo Kenyatta • Development of radicalized wing. • 1947 power-sharing constitution. • Political assassinations, development of Mau Mau. • Independence, 1962.

  11. French West Africa • 1944, ‘New Deal’ • Internal self-government, 1956. • 1958 ultimatum. • Complete independence, 1960. • Maintenance of influence through the French Community.

  12. Portuguese Africa • Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau. • Peasant uprisings, 1950s. • Civil wars, 1960s-1974. • Coup in Portugal, 1974. • Entanglement of Cold War tensions.

  13. Readings, July 21 • P4/C1  Michael O. West, “Liquor and Libido: Joint Drinking and the politics of sexual control in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1920s-1950s.” • P3/C2  Simon Heap, “We Think Prohibition is a Farce: Drinking in the Alcohol-Prohibited Zone of Colonial Northern Nigeria.”

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